Description
Book SynopsisJohann Georg Hamann is a major figure not only in German philosophy but also in literature and religious history. This volume presents a translation of a wide selection of his essays, including both famous and lesser-known works. The volume is completed by an introduction and suggestions for further reading.
Table of Contents1. Two dedications, from Socratic Memorabilia (1759); 2. Essay on an Academic Question (1760); 3. Miscellaneous Notes on Word Order in the French Language (1760); 4. Cloverleaf of Hellenistic Letters (1762); 5. Aesthetica in Nuce (1762); 6. The Last Will and Testament of the Knight of the Rose-Cross (1772); 7. Philological Ideas and Doubts (written in 1772); 8. Solomon of Prussia (written in 1772); 9. New Apology of the Letter h (1773); 10. Golgotha and Sheblimini! (1784); 11. Metacritique on the Purism of Reason (written in 1784); 12. From Disrobing and Transfiguration: A Flying Letter to Nobody, the Well Known (1786).
