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1. Johann Christoph Gatterer and History as Science
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
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Part One. History as a Life Form
- 1. Johann Christoph Gatterer and History as Science 19
- 2. An Epicurean Democracy in Language: The volte face in Johann David Michaeli’s Early Career 45
- 3. Reill’s Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment and German Naturphilosophie 70
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Part Two. Vitalism in Political and Cultural Translation
- 4. „That Infinite Variety of Human Forms“: Modern Identity and Portraiture in Enlightenment England 95
- 5. Was Marat a Vitalist? 110
- 6. The Vital Organism in the Thought of Humboldt and Mill 125
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Part Three. Esotericism and the Enlightenment
- 7. Constructs of Life Forms in Lavater’s Physiognomy 153
- 8. The Preaching Philosopher: Andreas Weber (1718–81) between Wolffian Philosophy and Heterodox Theology 179
- 9. Between Myth and Archive, Alchemy and Science in Eighteenth-Century Naples: The Cabinet of Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of San Severo 208
- 10. The Liberal Mysticism of Madame de Staël 233
- Contributors 247
- Index 251
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
-
Part One. History as a Life Form
- 1. Johann Christoph Gatterer and History as Science 19
- 2. An Epicurean Democracy in Language: The volte face in Johann David Michaeli’s Early Career 45
- 3. Reill’s Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment and German Naturphilosophie 70
-
Part Two. Vitalism in Political and Cultural Translation
- 4. „That Infinite Variety of Human Forms“: Modern Identity and Portraiture in Enlightenment England 95
- 5. Was Marat a Vitalist? 110
- 6. The Vital Organism in the Thought of Humboldt and Mill 125
-
Part Three. Esotericism and the Enlightenment
- 7. Constructs of Life Forms in Lavater’s Physiognomy 153
- 8. The Preaching Philosopher: Andreas Weber (1718–81) between Wolffian Philosophy and Heterodox Theology 179
- 9. Between Myth and Archive, Alchemy and Science in Eighteenth-Century Naples: The Cabinet of Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of San Severo 208
- 10. The Liberal Mysticism of Madame de Staël 233
- Contributors 247
- Index 251