Allison Lessing and the Enlightenment

His Philosophy of Religion and Its Relation to Eighteenth-Century Thought
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6804-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

A comprehensive study of Lessing’s religious thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allison, Henry E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition

1. The Historical Background
I. English Rational Theology and Deism
II. Pierre Bayle and the Enlightenment
III. Leibniz and the German Aufklärung

2. Lessing's Philosophical and Theological Development
I. The First Period—1748–55
II. The Second Period—1755–60
III. The Breslau Years—1760–65

3. Lessing versus the Theologians
I. Lessing versus Neology
II. Lessing and Reimarus
III. Reactions to the Fragments
IV. Goeze's Attack
V. Lessing's Counterattack

4. Lessing's Philosophy of Religion and Its Leibnizian Roots
I. The Problem
II. The Solution
III. The Exemplification

Conclusion
Appendix A. Lessing's Conception of Revelation as Education
Appendix B. Lessing's Spinozistic Exercises
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Henry E. Allison is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego and Boston University. He is the author and editor of many books, including Kant's Transcendental Deduction: An Analytical-Historical Commentary and Essays on Kant.