Christian Wolff (1679-1754) is the most central character of the German Enlightenment. In Germany, his philosophy was predominant from the 1720s to the 1750s. In 1728 he started to publish his extensive Latin work, starting with the Discursus praelimaris. In this short and concise work he outlines the central points of his philosophy, treating the problem of the appropriate method of philosophy and the freedom to philosophise. The introduction sketches the location of the Discursus within Wolff's philosophical system, ...
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Christian Wolff (1679-1754) is the most central character of the German Enlightenment. In Germany, his philosophy was predominant from the 1720s to the 1750s. In 1728 he started to publish his extensive Latin work, starting with the Discursus praelimaris. In this short and concise work he outlines the central points of his philosophy, treating the problem of the appropriate method of philosophy and the freedom to philosophise. The introduction sketches the location of the Discursus within Wolff's philosophical system, points out its structure, discusses the covered themes historically and systematically and opens an outlook to its history of reception and its importance to the German Enlightenment. The appendix discloses Wolff's sources and provides historical background knowledge that is vital to the understanding of the text. Christian Wolff (1679-1754) ist die zentrale Gestalt der deutschen Hochaufklarung. Mit dieser Studienausgabe wird ein konziser Text Wolffs zur Verfugung gestellt, den der Philosoph als eine Art 'Programmschrift' seiner lateinischen Werkreihe voranstellt und in dem er die zentralen Themen seiner Philosophie umreisst. - Die Einleitung skizziert den Ort der Abhandlung in Wolffs Gesamtwerk, legt ihren Aufbau dar, erlautert die behandelten Themen historisch und systematisch und bietet Ausblicke auf Rezeptionsgeschichte und Bedeutung fur die Aufklarung. Hinzu kommen Sacherlauterungen, Verweise auf Parallelstellen im Werk Wolffs, Erlauterungen zu den Quellen des Autors sowie zum Verstandnis erforderliche historische Informationen.
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