Geschichte der neueren Philosophie von Cartesius bis Hegel : lecture notes, 1876.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Reiff, Jakob Friedrich, 1810-1879.

Contributor:

Riether, K.

Universität Tübingen

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, German--History.

Philosophy, German.

History.

Genre:

Lecture notes.

Manuscripts, German.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Martinus Nijhoff (Hague, Netherlands), 1953.

Physical Description:

1 volume (221 leaves)

Place of Publication:

1876.

Language Note:

In German.

Biography/History:

Reiff joined the philosophy faculty at the University of Tübingen in 1840, advancing to the rank of ausserordentlicher Professor (associate professor) in 1844, and ordentlicher Professor (tenured professor) in 1855. Critical of the then dominant philosophy of Hegel, he developed his own standpoint in his early works. After 1848, in a cultural climate not receptive to systematic philosophical systems, Reiff published little but had followers among his students and continued to work out his philosophical ideas. Suffering from a heart ailment, he was forced to retire from his position at the university in 1877.

Summary:

Bound, handwritten notes taken by the student K. Riether at Reiff's lectures on the history of modern philosophy from Descartes (Cartesius) to Hegel, at the University of Tübingen, during the summer semester of 1876. The notes begin with an introduction to the history of modern philosophy (pp. 1-65), followed by discussions of the following philosophers: René Descartes (pp. 65-102); Benedictus de Spinoza (pp. 103-148); Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (pp. 149-215); Christian Wolff (1679-1754; 215-222); Nicolas Malebranche (pp. 223-229); Pierre Daniel Huet (Huetius; pp. 230-231); Etienne Bonnot de Condillac (pp. 232-235); Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach (pp. 235-238); Francis Bacon (pp. 238-260); Thomas Hobbes (pp. 260-262); John Locke (pp. 262-278); George Berkeley (pp. 278-281); David Hume (pp. 281-288); Immanuel Kant (pp. 288-359); Johann Gottlieb Fichte (pp. 359-391); Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (pp. 392-397); Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (pp. 397-424); and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (pp. 424-436). Running headings at the tops of the pages indicate more specifically the topic at hand. The notes are written with heavy use of abbreviations. Contemporary pagination (1-436) skips 405-406 without apparent loss of text.

OCLC:

237200551