Author: Gotthold Ephraim LessingPublisher: London : Smith, Elder
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The Education of the Human Race
Author: Gotthold Ephraim LessingPublisher: London : Smith, Elder
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Lessing's Education of the Human Race
Author: John Dearling HaneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Lessing and the Enlightenment
Author: Henry E. AllisonPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438468032
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A comprehensive study of Lessings religious thought. Although only one aspect of Gotthold Ephraim Lessings diverse oeuvre, his religious thought had a significant influence on thinkers such as Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, and present-day liberal Protestant theologians. His thought is particularly difficult to assess, however, because it is found largely in a series of essays, reviews, critical studies, polemical writings, and commentary on theological texts. Beyond these, his correspondence, and a few fragmentary essays unpublished during his lifetime, we have his famous drama of religious toleration, Nathan the Wise, and his philosophical-historical sketch, The Education of the Human Race. In these scattered texts, Lessing challenged the full range of theological views in the Enlightenment, from Protestant orthodoxy, with its belief in Biblical inerrancy, to a radical naturalism, which rejected both the concept of a divine revelation and the historically based claims of Christianity to be one, as well as virtually everything in between. Since he refused to identify himself with any of these parties, Lessing was an enigmatic figure, and a central question from his time to today is where he stood on the issue of the truth of the Christian religion. Now back in print, and with the addition of two supplementary essays, Henry E. Allisons book argues that, despite appearances, Lessing was not merely an eclectic thinker or intellectual provocateur, but a serious philosopher of religion, who combined a basically Spinozistic conception of God with a sophisticated pluralistic conception of religious truth inspired by Leibniz.
Lessing's Education of the Human Race
Author: John Dearling HaneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Lessing's Education of the Human Race
Author: John Dearling HaneyPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020742842
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lessing's Education of the Human Race is a classic work of philosophy that examines the nature of human knowledge and the role of education in shaping our understanding of the world. Written by John Dearling Haney, a noted scholar of Enlightenment thought, this book offers a detailed analysis of the ideas of German philosopher Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. With its lucid prose and insightful commentary, Lessing's Education of the Human Race is an important contribution to our understanding of the history of Western thought. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Lessing: Philosophical and Theological Writings
Author: Gotthold Ephraim LessingPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521538473
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is the most representative figure of the German Enlightenment. His defense of Spinoza, who had traditionally been condemned as an atheist, provoked a major controversy in philosophy, and his publication of Reimarus' radical assault on Christianity led to fundamental changes in Protestant theology. This volume presents the most comprehensive collection in English of Lessing's philosophical and theological writings, several of which are translated for the first time.
Lessing’s Theological Writings
Author: Gotthold Ephraim LessingPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804703352
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"Though starting from a deist standpoint, Lessing raised the questions that have dominated theology up to our own time...Progressive revelation, historical inevitability, the relation between natural and supernatural, or between faith and historical events--all these issues were foreseen by Lessing. The volume contains nine of his short treatises, all provocative" -- The Times Literary Supplement.
Lessing's Philosophy of Religion and the German Enlightenment
Author: Toshimasa YasukataPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198033103
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-81) stands as a key figure in German intellectual history, a bridge joining Luther, Leibniz, and German idealism. Despite his well-recognized importance in the history of thought, Lessing as theologian or philosopher of religion remains an enigmatic figure. Scholars refer to the "riddle" or "mystery" of Lessing, a mystery that has proved intractable because of his reticence on the subject of the final conclusions of his intellectual project. Toshimasa Yasukata seeks to unravel this mystery. Based on intensive study of the entire corpus of Lessing's philosophical and theological writings as well as the extensive secondary literature, Yasukata's work takes us into the systematic core of Lessing's thought. From his penetrating and sophisticated analysis of Lessing's developing position on Christianity and reason, there emerges a fresh image of Lessing as a creative modern mind, who is both shaped by and gives shape to the Christian heritage. The first comprehensive study in English of Lessing's theological and philosophical thought, this book will appeal to all those interested in the history of modern theology, as well as specialists in the Enlightenment and the German romantic movement.
LESSING'S EDUCATION OF THE HUMAN RACE
Author: JOHN DEARLING. HANEYPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033857328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
Author: Doris LessingPublisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 177089022X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
In her 1985 CBC Massey Lectures Doris Lessing addresses the question of personal freedom and individual responsibility in a world increasingly prone to political rhetoric, mass emotions, and inherited structures of unquestioned belief. The Nobel Prize-winning author of more than thirty books, Doris Lessing is one of our most challenging and important writers.