Novalis: Fichte Studies

The first complete English translation of Novalis' powerful, creative and sustained critique of Fichtean philosophy.

Novalis (Author), Jane Kneller (Edited by)

9780521643535, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 August 2003

242 pages
23.7 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.518 kg

This volume presents the first complete translation of Fichte Studies, a powerful, creative and sustained critique of Fichtean philosophy by the young philosopher-poet Friedrich von Hardenberg, who under the pen-name Novalis went on to become the most well-known and beloved of the early German Romantic writers. Anyone interested in the fate of German philosophy and literature immediately after Kant will find this collection of notes and aphorisms a treasure-trove of original contributions on the nature of self-consciousness, the relation of art to philosophy, and the nature of philosophical inquiry. There are also the beginnings of a strikingly contemporary-sounding semiotic theory. The text is translated by Jane Kneller, who also provides an introduction situating the Fichte Studies in the context of Novalis' life and work.

Group I: 1-210
Group II: 211-287
Group III: 288-372
Group IV: 373-552
Group V: 553-568
Group VI: 569-667.

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP], Regional studies [GTB]