Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Introduction vii
4. Hemsterhuis’s Life, Works and Reception xi
5. Abbreviations xviii
6. INTRODUCTIONS
7. Hemsterhuis’s Art and Aesthetics: Theories in the Making 1
8. Man in General and Fagel in Particular 23
9. Hemsterhuis as Provocation: The German Reception of his Early Writings 36
10. EARLY WRITINGS
11. Letter on an Antique Gemstone 55
12. Letter on Sculpture 59
13. Letter on Desires 78
14. Letter on Man and his Relations 88
15. Philosophical Description of the Character of the Late Mr. F. Fagel 136
16. Notes 141
17. Appendix. Corrigenda, Œuvres philosophiques, 2015 158
18. Index 159