The Philosophical Correspondence and Unpublished Writings of Francois Hemsterhuis

Francois Hemsterhuis

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2023

The Philosophical Correspondence and Unpublished Writings of Francois Hemsterhuis

Francois Hemsterhuis
Translated by: Jacob van Sluis and Daniel Whistler

In the series The Edinburgh Edition of the Complete Philosophical Works of François Hemsterhuis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399525190

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The first ever English translation of François Hemsterhuis' philosophically ambitious and illuminating fragments, notes and correspondence

Translates Hemsterhuis' fragmentary notes, treatises and letters in English for the first time, supplementing and informing the texts published in volumes 1 and 2 of the series
Introduces the first translation into any language that is based on a critical and complete edition of Hemsterhuis' correspondence and unedited works
Forms a scholarly edition with full apparatus and commentaries that will elucidate the meaning of Hemsterhuis' texts
Includes introductory essays that cover the full range of subjects at stake in the texts by world-leading scholars of Dutch philosophy like Jonathan I. Israel and Henri A. Krop

A complete edition with full scholarly apparatus and commentaries, tracing Hemsterhuis' remarkable influence on the French Enlightenment, German Idealism and German Romanticism.

The first ever English translation of François 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 François 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and the 'Letter on Optics'—all penned as part of his remarkable correspondence with Amalie Gallitzin—as well as the unpublished dialogue, 'Alexis II'.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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Series Introduction Jacob van Sluis and Daniel Whistler Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Hemsterhuis’s Life, Works and Reception Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xx
INTRODUCTIONS
Atheism According to François Hemsterhuis: Convergences with and Divergences from the German Spinoza Controversy Claudia Melica Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Hemsterhuis and Newtonian Philosophy Henri A. Krop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
The Ubiquity of Vases in Hemsterhuis’s Sketches and Drawings: Making Art in Philosophy, Doing Philosophy in Art Peter C. Sonderen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Hemsterhuis as a European and Trans-Atlantic Political Theorist Jonathan Israel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
PART ONE. SPINOZISM, ATHEISM AND RELIGION
Letter on Fatalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
On Prayer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Letters on the History of Philosophy up to Spinoza (Gallitzin and Hemsterhuis) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
On Two Kinds of Theology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Letters on Knowing, Believing and Doubting (Gallitzin and Hemsterhuis) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Prelude to the Letter on Atheism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Letter on Atheism from Diocles to Diotima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Further Reflections on Spinoza and the Spinozism Controversy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Supplement to the Letter on Fatalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
PART TWO. EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE SCIENCES
On the Reality of Appearances Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
On the Relations of Matter and Soul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Fragment on Physics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
On Divisibility to Infinity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
On the Incommensurable Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
On Loss of Imagination Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
An Analogy between the Formation of the Body and the Formation of the Soul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Letter on the Rotation of the Planets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
On Final Causes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Prelude to the Letter on Optics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Letter on Optics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
PART THREE. ART AND STYLE
Letters on Geometric Style (Hemsterhuis and Gallitzin) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
On Geometric Education and Aesthetic Judgement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Letters on Hesiod and the Golden Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
On the Best Shape to Give to the Feet of Vases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Further Reflections on the Best Shape to Give to the Feet of Vases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
On Plato’s Style in the Phaedrus and the Symposium (and Racine’s Phaedra) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Letters on Diderot’s Style Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Catechism for a Young Painter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
On the Artworks of Central Germany Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
Letters on Plato and the Sublime (Hemsterhuis and Gallitzin) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Letters on Plato and the Sublime (Hemsterhuis and Gallitzin) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
On Reading Goethe’s Werther Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
PART FOUR. ETHICS AND POLITICS
Letter on Virtues and Vices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
On Fürstenberg’s Character Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
On Fürstenberg’s Character Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
On Current Events in the Dutch Republic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Reflections on the Republic of the United Provinces, to Princess Gallitzin and Baron F. von Fürstenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Preliminary Observations on the Constitution of the Republic of United Provinces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
On the Political Situation of the Dutch Republic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Alexis II, or on the Military Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Sketch of Advice to the Council of State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
On Patriotism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Letters on the French Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
APPENDIX
On the Genesis of Alexis II: The Metaphysics of the Military Jacob van Sluis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 352
Illustrations
- Other: 37 black and white illustrations
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: November 1, 2023
ISBN: 9781399525190