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| Enlightenment, philosophy: Englightenment is an expression of the historical philosophical epoch between ca. 1650 and 1800, in which rational thought, science, education and, ultimately, civil rights were strengthened. See also progress, rationality, rationalism, history, criticism, natural law, reason._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Johann Gottfried Herder on Enlightenment - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 204 Enlightenment/History/Herder/Gadamer: [the Historical School bases] its claim [on Herder] that not speculative philosophy but only historical research can lead to a universal historical view: HerderVsEnlightenment: Herder's attack against the rational pride of the Enlightenment had its sharpest weapon in the exemplary nature of classical antiquity, which Winckelmann in particular had proclaimed. Winckelmann: His "History of the Art of Antiquity" was unmistakably more than a historical account. It was a critique of the present and it was a programme. But by virtue of the ambiguity inherent in all critique of the present, the proclamation of the exemplary nature of Greek art, which was intended to establish a new ideal for its own present, nevertheless represents a genuine step towards historical knowledge. ((s) WinckelmannVsEnlightenment). Herder only needed to go a little beyond the foundation laid by Winckelmann and to recognize the dialectical relationship between exemplariness and unrepeatability in all the past in order to provide the teleological historical view of the Enlightenment with a universal historical world view. Thinking historically now means that each epoch has its own right to exist, indeed its own perfection. Herder has fundamentally taken this step. GadamerVsHerder: The historical view of the world could certainly not yet be fully developed as long as classical prejudices conceded classical antiquity an exemplary special position. Not only a teleology in the style of the rationalism of the Enlightenment, but also an inverted teleology, which reserves the perfect of a past or a beginning of history, still recognises a measure beyond history. >History/Gadamer, >History/Winckelmann, >History/Historism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Herder I Johann Gottfried Herder Herder: Philosophical Writings Cambridge 2002 Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28