The Philosophy of History: In a Course of Lectures, Delivered at Vienna"The most important subject, and the first problem of philosophy, is the restoration in man of the lost image of God; so far as this relates to science. Should this restoration in the internal consciousness be fully understood, and really brought about, the object of pure philosophy is attained. To point out historically in reference to the whole human race, and in the outward conduct and experience of life, the progress of this restoration in the various periods of the world, constitutes the object of the "Philosophy of History." In this way, we shall clearly see how, in the first ages of the world, the original word of Divine revelation formed the firm central point of faith for the future reunion of the dispersed race of man; how later, amid the various power, intellectual as well as political, which, in the middle period of the world, all-ruling nations exerted on their times according to the measure allotted to them, it was alone the power of eternal love in the Christian religion which truly emancipated and redeemed mankind : and how, lastly, the pure light of this Divine truth, universally diffused through the world, and through all science?the term of all Christian hope, and Divine promise, whose fulfilment is reserved for the last period of consummation?crowns in conclusion the progress of this restoration. The following sketch of the subject will show the order of the Lectures, and give a general insight into the plan of the work. The first two Lectures embrace, along with the Introduction, the question of man's relation towards the earth, the division of mankind into several nations, and the two-fold condition of humanity in the primitive world"--Préface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) |
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... whole subject of Asiatic antiquities in its connexion with the Bible . But at the period at which we have arrived , this great spirit had already taken its departure ; nor in its flight had it dropped its mantle of inspiration on any of ...
... whole subject of Asiatic antiquities in its connexion with the Bible . But at the period at which we have arrived , this great spirit had already taken its departure ; nor in its flight had it dropped its mantle of inspiration on any of ...
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... whole . By what an easy and natural transition does the author pass from the Greek to the Roman litera- ture ! With what admirable skill he passes , in the age of Hadrian , from the old Roman to the oriental literature , and from the ...
... whole . By what an easy and natural transition does the author pass from the Greek to the Roman litera- ture ! With what admirable skill he passes , in the age of Hadrian , from the old Roman to the oriental literature , and from the ...
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... whole , no longer characterised by the same uniform terseness and perspicuity of language . With the " History of Ancient and Modern Literature , ” Schlegel closed his critical career . He never afterwards mounted the tribunal of ...
... whole , no longer characterised by the same uniform terseness and perspicuity of language . With the " History of Ancient and Modern Literature , ” Schlegel closed his critical career . He never afterwards mounted the tribunal of ...
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... critic was , that pronounced this judgment . * See his " History of Literature , " vol . 2. New edition in Ger- man . † " Philosophia des Ebens , " p . 21 . sup- mirer of the whole foreign and domestic policy of 30 THE LITERARY LIFE OF.
... critic was , that pronounced this judgment . * See his " History of Literature , " vol . 2. New edition in Ger- man . † " Philosophia des Ebens , " p . 21 . sup- mirer of the whole foreign and domestic policy of 30 THE LITERARY LIFE OF.
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... whole foreign and domestic policy of Aus- tria . No conception can be more erroneous . As secre- tary to the Archduke Charles , he knew he lent his port to a government which had shown itself the most honest , vigilant , and powerful ...
... whole foreign and domestic policy of Aus- tria . No conception can be more erroneous . As secre- tary to the Archduke Charles , he knew he lent his port to a government which had shown itself the most honest , vigilant , and powerful ...
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