Novalis: Fichte Studies by Novalis

Novalis: Fichte Studies by Novalis

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.

Novalis was born on Schloß Oberwiederstett in the year 1772 as Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg. Hardenberg is not hired into the state service after completing his legal studies, as expected, and begins a second education at the Bergakademie in Freiberg in 1797. In 1799, he starts working in the Salinenverwaltung in Weißenfels. His intense engagement with the philosophy and literature of his time, as well as his friendships with Schiller, Jean Paul, and Goethe, piques his interest in poetry and serves as the springboard for his literary-philosophical output. The first Fragments with the title Blüthenstaub appear in the Frühromantiker Friedrich and August Wilhelm Schlegel's Zeitschrift Athenaeum in 1798, under the name Novalis for the first time.

Novalis' increasing clout leads him to devote more time to religion: his most popular work is The Geistlichen Lieder, which was first published in the Musenalmanach in the year 1802. Heinrich von Ofterdingen, his unfinished Roman, is considered a key work in the field of early Romanticism. The attempt to compile an Enzyklopädie of all sciences and arts into a single body of knowledge fails miserably. The collection represents a pinnacle of earlyromantic synthesestreben in the realm of knowledge.

Novalis was born in the year 1801 in Weißenfels, near the Schwindsucht.

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ISBN 13	9780521643924
ISBN 10	0521643929
Title	Novalis: Fichte Studies
Author	Novalis
Series	Cambridge Texts In The History Of Philosophy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2003-08-28
Number of pages	242
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