The Philosophical Correspondence and Unpublished Writings of Francois Hemsterhuis
Francois Hemsterhuis author Daniel Whistler translator Jacob van Sluis translator Daniel Whistler editor Jacob van Sluis editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:8th Nov '23
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The first ever English translation of Franois Hemsterhuis’ philosophically ambitious and illuminating fragments, notes and correspondence, making accessible to Anglophone readers some of the most significant texts, for a genuine understanding of his philosophy. This final volume in The Edinburgh Edition of the Complete Philosophical Works of Franois Hemsterhuis includes the Letter on Atheism, the Letter on Fatalism and the Letter on Optics—all penned as part of his remarkable correspondence with Amalie Gallitzin—as well as the unpublished dialogue, Alexis II. Also included is Hemsterhuis’ philosophical responses to Plato, Spinoza and Diderot, to contemporary political events in the Dutch Republic and to the French Revolution.
The van Sluis and Whistler edition of The Philosophical Works of François Hemsterhuis has been a revelation to anyone working in late modern, German romantic and/or ancient philosophy. This third volume of unpublished essays and correspondence is a treasure trove, featuring numerous texts addressing his interpretation of Spinoza, his understanding of the "Pantheism controversy" between Jacobi and Mendelssohn, including the 'Letter on Atheism' first published by Jacobi, as well as additional essays highlighting his views in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics and aesthetics. Hemsterhuis’s wide-ranging correspondence sheds light on every aspect of his thinking, as well as upon Hemsterhuis the person. van Sluis and Whistler have done us all a great favor in providing this material in English in a definitive scholarly edition. * Andrew J. Mitchell, Emory University *
ISBN: 9781399525176
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352 pages