Author | Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803 |
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Title | Philosophical writings [electronic resource] / Johann Gottfried von Herder ; translated and edited by Michael N. Forster |
Imprint | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 |
Connect to | http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=112531 |
Descript | xliv, 436 p. ; 24 cm |
Part I. General Philosophical Program: -- How philosophy can become more universal and useful for the benefit of the people -- Part II. Philosophy of Language: -- Fragments on recent German literature -- Treatise on the origin of language -- Part III. Philosophy of Mind: -- On Thomas Abbt's writings -- On cognition and sensation, the two main forces of the human soul -- On the cognition and sensation of the human soul -- Part IV. Philosophy of History: -- On the change of taste -- Older critical forestlet -- This too a philosophy of history for the formation of humanity -- Part v. Political Philosophy: -- Letters concerning the progress of humanity -- Letters for the advancement of humanity