Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Acknowledgments 7
3. Table of contents 9
4. List of abbreviations 11
5. 1. Methodology: Lessing as a problem 13
6. 2. The concept of truth in the Enlightenment 47
7. 3. The cognitive crisis of the Enlightenment 79
8. 4. The crisis in Lessing's thinking 99
9. 5. Lessing's attempted theological synthesis 149
10. 6. Summary and conclusions 235
11. Notes 239
12. Bibliography 271
13. Index of selected authors 281