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  • 10 - Dioscuri

  • from Part III - Jacobi and the Revival of Socraticism: The Muenster Circle and Existentialism
  • Edited by Alexander J. B. Hampton, University of Toronto
  • Book:
    Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment
    Published online:
    09 February 2023
    Print publication:
    16 February 2023, pp 176-199

  • Summary

    This chapter outlines the relationship between Johann Georg Hamann and Jacobi, demonstrating its significance for their respective reception within the history of ideas. Despite Jacobi and Hamann’s affinity in friendship, there were significant differences in the very foundation of their post-enlightenment thought.

  • 2 - Jacobi and Spinoza

  • from Part I - The Critique of Reason: Debates on Rationalism, Empiricism, and Skepticism
  • Edited by Alexander J. B. Hampton, University of Toronto
  • Book:
    Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment
    Published online:
    09 February 2023
    Print publication:
    16 February 2023, pp 34-48

  • Summary

    This analysis of Jacobi’s pivotal Spinoza Letters illustrates that the driving force behind his innovative altercation with Spinoza lies not in religious motives, but rather in motives derived from the philosophy of action. By putting into effect the contradiction between system and freedom in the practical sphere, Jacobi opened up new perspectives in modernity’s own self-understanding.