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Literature on Church History, 1914–1920. IV. The Church in Modern Times (Part One: The Period of the Enlightenment)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2011
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It is a characteristic of German scholarship to see problems and to work with them in the solution of intellectual and spiritual questions. Certainly it is a praiseworthy trait in the field of history that it follows the inner relation of events and cannot rest until all the subtlest threads are discovered. Such a problem is presented in the rise of the modern world of thought and the inquiry as to the factors which have contributed to it. In von Below's book on the causes of the Reformation, referred to at the beginning of my third article (HThR, Jan. 1924, pp. 5f.), the question is discussed, among others, whether the transition from the Middle Ages to modern times is really to be found in Luther and his work.
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1 The fourth volume of the collection (1921, 533 pp.) comprises ‘Die Jugendgeschichte Hegels und andere Abhandlungen zur Geschichte des deutschen Idealismus’ (Kant, Baur, Schleiermacher, etc.), and an essay on the development of Carlyle and his place in the Transcendentalist movement.Google Scholar
2 No edition of the “Characteristics” appeared during the entire 19th century. One which was begun by W. M. Hatch reached only the first volume (1870); an incomplete edition by John M. Robertson (1900) is out of print; cf. Rand, Letters, p. xv. German translations appeared in 1909 and 1910.
3 For the study of this time in its relation to the history of ideas, the large work of Korff, Hermann August, “Der Geist der Goethezeit.” Vol. I: Sturm und Drang (xiii, 321 pp. Leipzig, 1923), is epoch-making. It is indispensable for a thorough understanding of the subject.Google Scholar
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