Author: Johann Gottfried Herder
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691147183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
One of the most important works of the Enlightenment—in the first new, unabridged English translation in more than two centuries Published in four volumes between 1784 and 1791, Herder’s Ideas for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind is one of the most important works of the Enlightenment—a bold, original, and encyclopedic synthesis of, and contribution to, the era’s philosophical debates over nature, history, culture, and the very meaning of human experience. This is the first new, unabridged English translation of the Ideas in more than two centuries. Gregory Martin Moore’s lively, modern English text, extensive introduction, and commentary bring this neglected masterpiece back to life. The Ideas—which engages with many of the leading thinkers of the eighteenth century, such as Montesquieu, Kant, Gibbon, Ferguson, Buffon, and Rousseau—is many things at once: an inquiry into the unity and purpose of history, a reflection on human nature and the place of humans in the cosmic order, an examination of what was beginning to be called “culture,” and a narrative of cultural progress across time among different peoples. Along the way, Herder considers a dizzying variety of topics, including the formation of the earth and solar system, species change, race, the immortality of the soul, the establishment of society, and the pursuit of happiness. Above all, the Ideas is an anthropology—what Alexander Pope had termed an “essay on man”—pervaded by an appropriately humane spirit. A fresh and much-needed modern translation of the complete Ideas, this volume reintroduces English readers to a classic of Enlightenment thought.
Ideas for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind
Author: Johann Gottfried Herder
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691147183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
One of the most important works of the Enlightenment—in the first new, unabridged English translation in more than two centuries Published in four volumes between 1784 and 1791, Herder’s Ideas for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind is one of the most important works of the Enlightenment—a bold, original, and encyclopedic synthesis of, and contribution to, the era’s philosophical debates over nature, history, culture, and the very meaning of human experience. This is the first new, unabridged English translation of the Ideas in more than two centuries. Gregory Martin Moore’s lively, modern English text, extensive introduction, and commentary bring this neglected masterpiece back to life. The Ideas—which engages with many of the leading thinkers of the eighteenth century, such as Montesquieu, Kant, Gibbon, Ferguson, Buffon, and Rousseau—is many things at once: an inquiry into the unity and purpose of history, a reflection on human nature and the place of humans in the cosmic order, an examination of what was beginning to be called “culture,” and a narrative of cultural progress across time among different peoples. Along the way, Herder considers a dizzying variety of topics, including the formation of the earth and solar system, species change, race, the immortality of the soul, the establishment of society, and the pursuit of happiness. Above all, the Ideas is an anthropology—what Alexander Pope had termed an “essay on man”—pervaded by an appropriately humane spirit. A fresh and much-needed modern translation of the complete Ideas, this volume reintroduces English readers to a classic of Enlightenment thought.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691147183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
One of the most important works of the Enlightenment—in the first new, unabridged English translation in more than two centuries Published in four volumes between 1784 and 1791, Herder’s Ideas for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind is one of the most important works of the Enlightenment—a bold, original, and encyclopedic synthesis of, and contribution to, the era’s philosophical debates over nature, history, culture, and the very meaning of human experience. This is the first new, unabridged English translation of the Ideas in more than two centuries. Gregory Martin Moore’s lively, modern English text, extensive introduction, and commentary bring this neglected masterpiece back to life. The Ideas—which engages with many of the leading thinkers of the eighteenth century, such as Montesquieu, Kant, Gibbon, Ferguson, Buffon, and Rousseau—is many things at once: an inquiry into the unity and purpose of history, a reflection on human nature and the place of humans in the cosmic order, an examination of what was beginning to be called “culture,” and a narrative of cultural progress across time among different peoples. Along the way, Herder considers a dizzying variety of topics, including the formation of the earth and solar system, species change, race, the immortality of the soul, the establishment of society, and the pursuit of happiness. Above all, the Ideas is an anthropology—what Alexander Pope had termed an “essay on man”—pervaded by an appropriately humane spirit. A fresh and much-needed modern translation of the complete Ideas, this volume reintroduces English readers to a classic of Enlightenment thought.
History and the Idea of Mankind
History of Political Ideas, Volume 8
Author: Eric Voegelin
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826261906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826261906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Outlines of a Philosophy of the History of Man
Author: Johann Gottfried Herder
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Researches Into the Early History of Mankind and the Development Ofcivilization
Author: Edward Burnett Tylor
Publisher:
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Publisher:
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The History of Mankind
Author: Friedrich Ratzel
Publisher: London : Macmillan and Company, Limited ; New York : The Macmillan Company
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher: London : Macmillan and Company, Limited ; New York : The Macmillan Company
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
God in History; Or, The Progress of Man's Faith in the Moral Order of the World
Author: Christian Carl Josias von Baron Bunsen
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 452
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History of the Philosophy of History
Author: Robert Flint
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Evolution
Author: Peter J. Bowler
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520236939
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
The comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact on one of the most controversial of scientific theories.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520236939
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
The comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact on one of the most controversial of scientific theories.
The Son of Man in Myth and History
Author: Frederick Houk Borsch
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1556351909
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
""Borsch has not answered all the questions, of course. Who can? But his view of the Man tradition makes more sense to me than, for example, Perrin's rather cavalier dismissal of the evidence, and it not only enlightens but also enlivens the discussion. As against the extreme skeptics, Borsch is also convincing to me in arguing the case for a large measure of authenticity in the Son of man tradition in the Gospels. If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, the book constantly calls me back to its pages for insight regarding the problem, both in its historical dimension and in its bearing upon the meaning of Jesus of Nazareth for faith today. --'Theology' ""The author is well aware of the difficulties involved in entering a field wherein so much investigation has been done. And of this, with the positive and negative conclusions, he gives an excellent survey, crisp and critical . . . . The lines opened up will engage the attention of a new and more positive chapter in the form-critical argument. --'London Quarterly and Holborn Review' Frederick H. Borsch is the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and Professor of New Testament and Chair of Anglican Studies at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He is also the former Dean of the Chapel at Princeton University. His other books include 'The Spirit Searches Everything: Keeping Life's Questions', 'The Bible's Authority in Today's Church', 'Introducing the Lessons of the Church Year: A Guide for Lay Readers and Congregartions', and 'The Christian and Gnostic Son of Man'.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1556351909
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
""Borsch has not answered all the questions, of course. Who can? But his view of the Man tradition makes more sense to me than, for example, Perrin's rather cavalier dismissal of the evidence, and it not only enlightens but also enlivens the discussion. As against the extreme skeptics, Borsch is also convincing to me in arguing the case for a large measure of authenticity in the Son of man tradition in the Gospels. If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, the book constantly calls me back to its pages for insight regarding the problem, both in its historical dimension and in its bearing upon the meaning of Jesus of Nazareth for faith today. --'Theology' ""The author is well aware of the difficulties involved in entering a field wherein so much investigation has been done. And of this, with the positive and negative conclusions, he gives an excellent survey, crisp and critical . . . . The lines opened up will engage the attention of a new and more positive chapter in the form-critical argument. --'London Quarterly and Holborn Review' Frederick H. Borsch is the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and Professor of New Testament and Chair of Anglican Studies at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He is also the former Dean of the Chapel at Princeton University. His other books include 'The Spirit Searches Everything: Keeping Life's Questions', 'The Bible's Authority in Today's Church', 'Introducing the Lessons of the Church Year: A Guide for Lay Readers and Congregartions', and 'The Christian and Gnostic Son of Man'.