François Hemsterhuis and the writing of philosophy / Daniel Whistler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whistler, Daniel, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hemsterhuis, François, 1721-1790.

Hemsterhuis, François.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Daniel Whistler argues that Hemsterhuis' philosophy matters and that its exclusion from the canon of modern philosophy has been unjust. This is not just because of its influence on later thinkers, but is primarily because Hemsterhuis' philosophy contains a rich assemblage of ideas and philosophical practices.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface: Reasons to Read Hemsterhuis

Part One. Preliminaries

1 Philosophy and Poetry

2 Rupture

Part Two. Untimely Demands

Introduction

Chapter One. Socrates and Newton

3 ‘Born Greek’

4 Geometrical Method

5 A System of Times

Chapter Two. Analysis and Poetry

6 ‘Poet-Philosophers’ and ‘Humble’ Analysts

7 Sentimental Certainty

8 The Platonic Sublime

9 The Myth of Prometheus

Part Three. A History of Organs

Chapter Three. Organs, Instruments and Insects

10 Insectification

11 The Plasticity of Philosophy

12 Perfectibility

13 The Analogy to Morality

14 Organology and Style

Chapter Four. Writing after Materialism

15 Diderot Reads Hemsterhuis

16 Hemsterhuis Reads Diderot

17 Palingenesis and the Subversion of Materialism

18 Post-Bonnetian Style

Part Four. Time-Images

Chapter Five. The Past and the Present

19 The Optimum

20 Epistolary Style

21 Genealogy

22 Irony and Anachronism

Chapter Six. The Archaic and the Prophetic

23 Dreams and Shadows

24 In the Style of Hope

Conclusion: Four Characters in Search of a Philosophy

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 5, 2023).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Whistler, Daniel Francois Hemsterhuis and the Writing of Philosophy

ISBN:

1-3995-0985-3

1-3995-0984-5

OCLC:

1368054381