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- Provides the first ever detailed reconstruction of Hegel’s interpretation of Böhme
- Investigates the relationship between philosophy and mysticism through an examination of Hegel’s appreciation of Böhme as a thinker
- Guides the reader through the reception of Böhme’s ideas and an important phase in German philosophy
Part of the book series: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées (ARCH, volume 217)
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book investigates Hegel’s interpretation of the mystical philosophy of Jakob Böhme (1575-1624), considered in the context of the reception of Böhme in the 18th and 19th centuries, and of Hegel’s own understanding of mysticism as a philosophical approach. The three sections of this book present: the historical background of Hegel’s encounter with Böhme’s writings; the development of two different conceptions of mysticism in Hegel’s work; and finally Hegel’s approach to Böhme’s philosophy, discussing in detail the references to Böhme both in published writings and manuscripts. According to Hegel, Böhme is “the first German philosopher”. The reason for placing Böhme at the very beginning of German philosophy is that Hegel considers him to be a profound thinker, despite his rudimentary education. Hegel’s fascination with Böhme mainly concerns the mystic’s understanding of the symbiotic relation between God and his opposite, the Devil: he considers this to be the true speculative core of Böhme’s thought. By interpreting Böhme, Hegel intends to free the speculative content of his thought from the limitations of the inadequate, barbarous form in which the mystic expressed it, and also to liberate Böhme from the prejudices surrounding his writings, placing him firmly in the territory of philosophy and detaching him from the obscurity of esotericism. Combining historical reconstructions and philosophical argumentation, this book guides the reader through an important phase in German philosophy, and ultimately into an inquiry about the relationship between mysticism and philosophy itself.
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University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Cecilia Muratori
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The First German Philosopher
Book Subtitle: The Mysticism of Jakob Böhme as Interpreted by Hegel
Authors: Cecilia Muratori
Series Title: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7339-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7338-6Published: 11 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1331-1Published: 25 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7339-3Published: 31 March 2016
Series ISSN: 0066-6610
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0307
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 328
Topics: History of Philosophy, History, general, Religious Studies, general, Modern Philosophy