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Format: 1 online resource (301 Seiten)

ISBN: 9780691189369

Content: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Timeline of principal events and publications -- Note on the texts -- 1. Dissertation on the Innocence of Errors of the Mind -- 2. Anti-Machiavel, or a Study of Machiavelli’s The Prince -- 3. Preface to History of My Age -- 4. Dissertation on the Reasons for Establishing or Repealing Laws -- 5. Epistle XVIII: To Marshal Keith, on the Vain Terrors of Death and the Fears of Another Life -- 6. Epistle XX: To My Soul (À mon esprit) -- 7. Preface to Extracts from Bayle’s Historical and Critical Dictionary -- 8. Preface to Abridgement of the Ecclesiastical History by Fleury -- 9. Essay on Self-Love, Considered as a Principle of Morality -- 10. Letter on Education -- 11. Examination of the Essay on Prejudice -- 12. Critical Examination of The System of Nature -- 13. Dialogue of the Dead between Madame de Pompadour and the Virgin Mary -- 14. Essay on the Forms of Government and the Duties of Sovereigns -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index

Content: The first modern English edition of diverse Enlightenment-era writings by Prussian monarch Frederick the GreatFrederick II of Prussia (1712–1786), best known as Frederick the Great, was a prolific writer of philosophical discourses, poems, epics, satires, and more, while maintaining extensive correspondence with prominent intellectuals, Voltaire among them. This edition of selected writings, the first to make a wide range of Frederick’s most important ideas available to a modern English readership, moves beyond traditional attempts to see his work only in light of his political aims. In these pages, we can finally appreciate Frederick’s influential contributions to the European Enlightenment—and his unusual role as a monarch who was also a published author.In addition to Frederick’s major opus, the Anti-Machiavel, the works presented here include essays, prefaces, reviews, and dialogues. The subjects discussed run the gamut from ethics to religion to political theory. Accompanied by critical annotations, the texts show that we can understand Frederick’s views of kingship and the state only if we engage with a broad spectrum of his thought, including his attitudes toward morality and self-love. By contextualizing his arguments and impact on Enlightenment beliefs, this volume considers how we can reconcile Frederick’s innovative public musings with his absolutist rule. Avi Lifschitz provides a robust and detailed introduction that discusses Frederick’s life and work against the backdrop of eighteenth-century history and politics.With its unparalleled scope and cross-disciplinary appeal, Frederick the Great’s Philosophical Writings firmly establishes one monarch’s multifaceted relevance for generations of readers and scholars to come

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780691176420

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Friedrich, II., Preußen, König, 1712 - 1786 Frederick the Great's philosophical writings Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021 ISBN 0691176426

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780691176420

Language: English

Keywords: Friedrich II. Preußen, König 1712-1786 ; Philosophie ; Politische Philosophie ; Quelle

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Author information: Friedrich II. Preußen, König 1712-1786

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Format: xlvi, 249 Seiten : , Illustrationen.

ISBN: 978-0-691-17642-0 , 0-691-17642-6

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-691-18936-9

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Subjects: History

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Format: 1 online resource (280 p.)

ISBN: 9780691189369

Content: The first modern English edition of diverse Enlightenment-era writings by Prussian monarch Frederick the GreatFrederick II of Prussia (1712–1786), best known as Frederick the Great, was a prolific writer of philosophical discourses, poems, epics, satires, and more, while maintaining extensive correspondence with prominent intellectuals, Voltaire among them. This edition of selected writings, the first to make a wide range of Frederick’s most important ideas available to a modern English readership, moves beyond traditional attempts to see his work only in light of his political aims. In these pages, we can finally appreciate Frederick’s influential contributions to the European Enlightenment—and his unusual role as a monarch who was also a published author.In addition to Frederick’s major opus, the Anti-Machiavel, the works presented here include essays, prefaces, reviews, and dialogues. The subjects discussed run the gamut from ethics to religion to political theory. Accompanied by critical annotations, the texts show that we can understand Frederick’s views of kingship and the state only if we engage with a broad spectrum of his thought, including his attitudes toward morality and self-love. By contextualizing his arguments and impact on Enlightenment beliefs, this volume considers how we can reconcile Frederick’s innovative public musings with his absolutist rule. Avi Lifschitz provides a robust and detailed introduction that discusses Frederick’s life and work against the backdrop of eighteenth-century history and politics.With its unparalleled scope and cross-disciplinary appeal, Frederick the Great’s Philosophical Writings firmly establishes one monarch’s multifaceted relevance for generations of readers and scholars to come.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Introduction -- , Timeline of principal events and publications -- , Note on the texts -- , 1. Dissertation on the Innocence of Errors of the Mind -- , 2. Anti-Machiavel, or a Study of Machiavelli’s The Prince -- , 3. Preface to History of My Age -- , 4. Dissertation on the Reasons for Establishing or Repealing Laws -- , 5. Epistle XVIII: To Marshal Keith, on the Vain Terrors of Death and the Fears of Another Life -- , 6. Epistle XX: To My Soul (À mon esprit) -- , 7. Preface to Extracts from Bayle’s Historical and Critical Dictionary -- , 8. Preface to Abridgement of the Ecclesiastical History by Fleury -- , 9. Essay on Self-Love, Considered as a Principle of Morality -- , 10. Letter on Education -- , 11. Examination of the Essay on Prejudice -- , 12. Critical Examination of The System of Nature -- , 13. Dialogue of the Dead between Madame de Pompadour and the Virgin Mary -- , 14. Essay on the Forms of Government and the Duties of Sovereigns -- , Acknowledgements -- , Notes -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780691189369

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Format: 1 online resource (196 p.)

ISBN: 1-280-96497-9 , 0-19-151791-7

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Uniform Title: Manon Lescaut.

Content: The story of Manon Lescaut is a tale of passion and betrayal, of delinquency and misalliance, which moves from eighteenth-century Paris - with its theatres, assemblies, and gaming-houses - via prison and deportation to a tragic denouement among the treeless wastes of Louisiana. It is one of the great love stories, and also one of the most enigmatic. This new translation includes the vignette and eight illustrations that were published in the edition of 1753. - ;'The sweetness of her glance - or rather, my evil star already in its ascendant and drawing me to my ruin - did not allow me to hesita

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Note on the Illustrations; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of the Abbé Prévost; MANON LESCAUT; Explanatory Notes; , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-19-284065-7

Language: English