Attempt at a critique of all revelation / Johann Gottlieb Fichte ; edited by Allen Wood ; translated by Garrett Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814

Contributor:

Wood, Allen W.

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy

Standardized Title:

Versuch einer Kritik aller Offenbarung. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Revelation.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 158 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2010]

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Theory of the will in preparation for a deduction of religion in general

3. Deduction of religion in general

4. Division of religion in general into natural and revealed

5. Formal discussion of the concept of revelation in preparation for a material discussion of it

6. Material discussion of the concept of revelation in preparation for a deduction of it

7. Deduction of the concept of revelation from a priori principles of pure reason

8. The possibility of the empirical datum presupposed in the concept of revelation

9. The physical possibility of a revelation

10. Criteria of the divinity of a revelation according to its form

11. Criteria of the divinity of a revelation with regard to its possible content (materiæ revelationis)

12. Criteria of the divinity of a revelation with regard to the possible presentation of this content

13. Systematic order of these criteria

14. The possibility of receiving a given appearance as divine revelation

15. General overview of this critique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521112796

0521112796

9780521130189

0521130182

OCLC:

433549883