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To this day, an adequate interpretation in English of Fichte’s entire philosophy is lacking. Even Frederick Copleston, whose sixty-two pages on Fichte in his History of Philosophy I should recommend as the best general introduction so far available, capitulates at the end before the task of seeing a unity in the thought of this philosopher.

Beschrieben wird der Dialog zwischen philosophischem und theologischem Denken von der Frühzeit bis ins 19. Jahrhundert. Hansjürgen Verweyen, eine Kapazität auf dem Gebiet der Religionsphilosophie, gibt in dieser Verschränkung von Philosophie- und Glaubensgeschichte Einblicke in die wichtigsten Themen und Personen, von der vorgriechischen Magie bis zu Karl Marx und Friedrich Nietzsche. Außerdem begibt er sich ins Zentrum entscheidender Debatten um Gottesbegriff und Fundamentaltheologie, die auch gerade heute wieder geführt werden. Ein besonderes Anliegen ist dabei die Prüfung politisch-religiöser Gehalte (...) und die Beziehungen von weltlicher und geistlicher Autorität. Damit steht das Buch auch im Brennpunkt der gegenwärtigen Überlegungen zu fundamentalistischen Glaubensformen und politischer Theologie. (shrink)

This is not the style an academic should adopt who wants to get a tenured position today. It even took the University of Königsberg fifteen years after Kant had earned his doctoral degree before they appointed him to a chair in philosophy. For those among us who feel already somewhat beyond the time bracket which allows for competition and efficiency, it may be consoling to know that Kant published his Critique of Pure Reason, the Copernican work in philosophy which molded (...) the thought of all centuries to come, at the age of 57. The famous little work which shall provide us with the focal text for this lecture, Kant’s essay On Eternal Peace, appeared in 1795 when he was 71. (shrink)