Mendelssohn's Philosophical Writings, published in 1761, bring the metaphysical tradition to bear on the topic of "sentiments" (defined as knowledge or awareness by way of the senses). They include a nuanced defense of Leibniz's theodicy and conception of freedom, and examination of the ethics of suicide, an account of the "mixed sentiments" so central to the tragic genre, an hypothesis about weakness of will, an elaboration of the main principles and types of art, and a brief tract on probability theory, aimed at rebutting Hume's skepticism.
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- Philosophical Writings: Immanuel Kant (German Library) by Ernst Behler on 6 pages
- Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by René Descartes on 4 pages
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- Kant (Routledge Philosophers) by Paul Guyer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Critique of the Power of Judgment (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant) by Immanuel Kant in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Critique of the Power of Judgment (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant) by Immanuel Kant in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The German Tradition of Psychology in Literature and Thought, 1700-1840 (Cambridge Studies in German) by Matthew Bell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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