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The vocation of man / Johann Gottlieb Fichte. Edited with an introduction by Roderick M. Chisholm Professor of Philosophy, Brown University.
LIBRA - Rare B2844.B53 E54 Potok copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814
- Series:
- Library of liberal arts ; no. 50.
- The Library of liberal arts ; no. 50
- Standardized Title:
- Bestimmung des Menschen. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings.
- Faith.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xx, 154 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Liberal Arts Press, [1956]
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Book One: Doubt
- Book Two: Knowledge
- Book Three: Faith.
- Notes:
- "'Die Bestimmung des Menschen' was first published in Berlin in 1800 ... William Smith's translation was first published in London in 1848 .... In the present edition, Smith's translation has been thoroughly revised and spelling, capitalization, and punctuation have been modernized in accordance with presentday American usage."--Note on the Text.
- Includes bibliographical references (page xix).
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok February 1963 Philadelphia".
- OCLC:
- 1648548
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