The main philosophical writings and the novel Allwill

This scholarly edition is the first extensive English translation of Jacobi's major literary and philosophical classics. A key but somewhat eclipsed figure in the German Enlightenment, Jacobi had an enormous impact on philosophical thought in the later pa Contents Preface INTRODUCTION: THE UNFINISHED PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEDRICH HEINRICH JACOBI I: Jacobi and His Spiritual Landscape: An Essay in Synthesis II: Philosophical Arguments: An Essay in Analysis III: Literary Witnesses: An Essay in Interpretation IV: The Last Word: Jacobi on Jacobi Note on the Texts TEXTS Concerning the Doctrine of Spinoza in Letters to Herr Moses Mendelssohn (1785) David Hume on Faith, or Idealism and Realism, A Dialogue (1787) Concerning the Doctrine of Spinoza in Letters to Moses Mendelssohn (1789), excerpts Edward Allwill's Collection of Letters (1792) Jacobi to Fichte (1799) David Hume on Faith, or Idealism and Realism, A Dialogue: Preface and also Introduction to the Author's Collected Philosophical Works (1815) Notes to Jacobi's Texts Notes to Jacobi's Footnotes Bibliography Index of Names A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Z Index of Subjects A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W Jacobi's polemical tract Concerning the Doctrine of Spinoza in Letters to Herr Moses Mendelssohn propelled him to notoriety in 1785. This work, as well as David Hume on Faith, or Idealism and Realism, Jacobi to Fichte, and the novel Allwill, is included in George di Giovanni's translation. In a comprehensive introductory essay di Giovanni situates Jacobi in the historical and philosophical context of his time, and shows how Jacobi's life and work reflect the tensions inherent in the late Enlightenment. By studying the classic novel "Allwell", George di Giovanni shows how Jacobi's life and work reflect the tensions inherent in the late Enlightenment.