Friedrich Schleiermachers Monologen und der Athenaeums-Kreis Wirkungsabsicht und Wirkungswandel einer frühromantischen Schrift
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Hermann Patsch
Abstract
Schleiermacher’s anonymous Soliloquies of 1800 were written as a Supplement to his likewise anonymous book On Religion, Speeches to its Cultured Despisers of 1799. They are addressed to the circle of intellectuals around the early Romantic periodical Athenaeum, to the „Holy family“ (Friedrich Schlegel), and moreover to the despisers of Transcendental philosophy whose state of discussion is reflected. Thus they belong to the history of modern individual thought. The form of the book follows the contemporary imitation of classical poetic form (Hölderlin) which was prevalent among the Athenaeum Circle as well. Schleiermacher discusses the separation of philosophy and life (Fichte), the forming one’s self and the forming of artistic works (Goethe), i. e. the dichotomy of individuality and artistry. He confesses himself not to be an artist. Schleiermacher’s intention in Soliloquies was to give philosophical idealism a personal depth beyond intellectual speculation. Looking back in 1803 he realizes, in the draft of a poem, that he had idealized his empirical self in his literary self. Except for a few remarks by Schlegel, who at first did not umask the author‘s anonymity, there was no reaction whatever from the Athenaeum Circle. Soliloquies later became a popular Protestant book for spiritual edification.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Friedrich Schleiermachers Monologen und der Athenaeums-Kreis Wirkungsabsicht und Wirkungswandel einer frühromantischen Schrift
- Source Document/Edition
- Unbekannte Briefe von und an Ferdinand Christian Baur Mit einer Einleitung von Friedrich Wilhelm Graf
- Reviews/Rezensionen
- Allen W. Wood, Kant and Religion
- Friedrich Carl Forberg, Philosophische Schriften, Band 1: Schriften, Dokumente, Briefe, Band 2: Einleitung, Kommentar, Register
- Rudolf Bultmann — Hans Jonas: Briefwechsel 1928–1976
- Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith, ed. by Jeffrey Bloom, Alec Goldstein, Gil Student
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Friedrich Schleiermachers Monologen und der Athenaeums-Kreis Wirkungsabsicht und Wirkungswandel einer frühromantischen Schrift
- Source Document/Edition
- Unbekannte Briefe von und an Ferdinand Christian Baur Mit einer Einleitung von Friedrich Wilhelm Graf
- Reviews/Rezensionen
- Allen W. Wood, Kant and Religion
- Friedrich Carl Forberg, Philosophische Schriften, Band 1: Schriften, Dokumente, Briefe, Band 2: Einleitung, Kommentar, Register
- Rudolf Bultmann — Hans Jonas: Briefwechsel 1928–1976
- Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith, ed. by Jeffrey Bloom, Alec Goldstein, Gil Student
