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Author Hemsterhuis, François, 1721-1790, author.

Title The dialogues of François Hemsterhuis, 1778-1787 / edited and translated by Jacob van Sluis en Daniel Whistler ; with introductions by Daniel Whistler and Laure Cahen-Maurel
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (199 pages)
Series The Edinburgh edition of the philosophical works of François Hemsterhuis ; volume 2
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Introduction -- Hemsterhuis's Life, Works and Reception -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTIONS -- Forms of Philosophical Creativity: An Introduction to Hemsterhuis's Dialogues -- Philosophical Paths: The Legacy of Hemsterhuis's Dialogues in the Age of German Romanticism -- DIALOGUES -- Sophylus, or on Philosophy -- Aristaeus, or on the Divinity -- Simon, or on the Faculties of the Soul -- Alexis, or on the Golden Age -- Notes -- Index
Summary This collection translates Hemsterhuis' Sophylus, Aristeaus, Simon and Alexis dialogues into English for the first time, with full scholarly apparatus and commentary. It includes two introductory essays: one by Daniel Whistler (on Hemsterhuis and Amelia Gallitzin) and Laure Cahen-Maurel (on the transmission and influence of these dialogues)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 28, 2022)
Subject Hemsterhuis, François, 1721-1790 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Hemsterhuis, François, 1721-1790 fast
Subject Philosophy.
Philosophy
philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophy
Genre/Form dialogues.
Dialogues (Literature)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dialogues (Literature)
Dialogues (Littérature)
Form Electronic book
Author Sluis, Jacob van, 1953- editor, translator.
Whistler, Daniel, 1982- editor, translator, writer of introduction.
Cahen-Maurel, Laure, writer of introduction
ISBN 9781474488105
1474488102