Concepts of Self in The Philosophy of German Romantism and Idealism

Syllabus

1. Novalis jakožto filosof svobody. 2.

Novalisovy Hymny (k) noci.  3. Jacobiho Dopis Fichtovi (1799) 4.

Jacobiho Dopis Fichtovi II.  5. Jacobiho Dopis Fichtovi III.

Annotation

Since Fichte’s philosophy the concept of Self became central in the philosophy of German Romantism and Idealism and was further developed by philosophers like Novalis, Schelling, F. Schlegel, and Hegel, but also critically refuted by writers like Jacobi and Hölderlin.

In the very core of this discussion lays both a peculiar reception of Spinoza’s philosophy and Kant’s two versions of his „Deduction of the pure rational concepts“ in his Critique of Pure Reason. The lecture will demonstrate and elucidate the concrete conceptions of the Self both in a systematic and historical way.