Briefwechsel und biographische Dokumente
Der Band enthält in kritischer Edition sämtliche ca. 240 Briefe von und an Schleiermacher von Januar 1801 bis Mai 1802, deren überwiegender Teil hier erstmals publiziert wird. Die Briefe sind chronologisch geordnet und durch Apparate und Register erschlossen.
Volume 6 contains Schleiermacher's correspondence from June 1802 until August 1803, the first period during which he was Court Preacher in Stolp, Pommerania. 74 of the total of 291 letters in this volume are published here for the first time, and a further 26 letters are published in their entirety for the first time. 121 further letters have been identified of which there are no extant copies.
The volumes are prefaced with lists of the letters and detailed historical introductions; study of the letters is facilitated by notes, bibliographies and detailed indexes of names and works.
Volume 7 contains Schleiermacher's correspondence from September 1803 until the middle of October 1804, the end of his time as Court Preacher in Stolp, Pommerania. Of the total of 291 letters in this volume, 82 letters are published here for the first time, and a further 26 letters are published in their entirety for the first time. 105 additional letters have been identified of which there are no extant copies.
The volumes are prefaced with lists of the letters and detailed historical introductions; access to the letters is facilitated by notes, bibliographies and detailed indexes of names and works.
The present volume contains Schleiermacher’s correspondence from October 1804 up to the end of March 1806, the first period of his professorship in Halle. Of the total of 342 letters, 182 are addressed to Schleiermacher and 160 written by him. The contents of 124 of the letters documented here could only be deduced, as no actual text has been handed down. 37 of the letters were previously only published in an abridged form, and they are presented here in their complete form for the first time. 109 letters (88 to Schleiermacher and 21 from him) are edited for the first time in the present volume V/8 of the Complete Critical Edition.
The present volume contains Schleiermacher’s correspondence from April 1806 up to the end of 1807, the date of his final move to Berlin. Of the total of 425 letters in this volume, 240 are addressed to Schleiermacher and 185 are written by him. The content of 127 of the letters documented here could only be deduced (43 to Schleiermacher and 84 from him) since no text has been handed down. From the remainder of the letters, only 80 were printed as complete text (of these 28 to and 52 from Schleiermacher). 41 of the collected letters were previously only published in an abridged form (of these 30 addressed to Schleiermacher and 11 written by Schleiermacher); they are presented here in their complete form for the first time. 177 letters (139 to Schleiermacher and 38 from him) are published here in this volume of the critical edition (V/9) for the first time.
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768–1834) engaged in extensive correspondence. This volume contains the letters from 1808, which include, among others, the famous “betrothal letters” from the period of his engagement along with Schleiermacher’s correspondence during the run-up to the founding of the university in Berlin.
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768–1834) engaged in extensive correspondence. This volume contains the letters from 1809 and 1810, which include, among others, the famous “betrothal letters” from the period of his engagement along with Schleiermacher’s correspondence during the run-up to the founding of the university in Berlin.
Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) was a prodigious letter-writer. Volume 12 of the fifth section of this critical edition of Schleiermacher’s complete works contains his correspondence from January 1811 to June 1813. These letters were written when Schleiermacher was the first dean of the theological faculty at the Berlin Reform University and was involved in devising and implementing the Prussian educational and church reforms.
Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) was a prodigious letter-writer. Volume 13 of the fifth section of this critical edition of Schleiermacher’s complete works contains his correspondence from July 1813 to December 1816. At the moment of the victory over Napoleon that he himself had longed for, he became increasingly despondent about political developments in Prussia and the time that the events of the day had cost him for his own projects.
Volume V/14 encompasses and makes available 365 surviving letters written by and to Schleiermacher in 1817 and 1818.
Berlin-based theologian and philosopher Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) had a broad network and corresponded extensively. This volume contains letters from and to Schleiermacher from 1819 and 1820. In Berlin and Prussia, this was a period in which the state increasingly repressed liberal powers. Schleiermacher advocated vehemently, tactically, and cleverly for the freedom of scholarship and the church.
The Berlin theologian and philosopher Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) corresponded extensively. Volume 16 of the 5th section of Schleiermacher's Critical Complete Edition contains the letters from the years 1821–1824. Schleiermacher was interrogated for three days at the Berlin police headquarters. He refuses to give his consent to the royal church agenda. His main work "The Christian Faith" is published in two volumes.
Berlin theologian and philosopher Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) engaged in extensive correspondence. Volume 17 of the 5th Section of the crit. ed. of Schleiermacher’s Collected Works contains his letters for 1825–1828. The controversy surrounding the liturgy decreed by the King of the Protestant Church of Prussia reaches its climax, with Schleiermacher leading the opposition, while a trip in summer 1828 takes him to Holland and England.
Der Berliner Theologe und Philosoph Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) führte eine umfangreiche Korrespondenz. Band 18 der 5. Abteilung der Kritischen Gesamtausgabe Schleiermachers enthält die Briefe der Jahre 1829–31. Schleiermachers bekommen im Jahr 1829 zwei Kinder von Schleiermachers verwitweter Halbschwester als Pflegekinder ins Haus; im selben Jahr stirbt mit neun Jahren ihr jüngstes Kind, Nathanael. Schleiermachers Grabrede für ihn wurde zu einem seiner meistgelesenen Werke. Die zwei theologischen Hauptwerke (Glaubenslehre, Enzyklopädie) bringt Schleiermacher 1830/31 in 2. Auflage heraus; in dieser Gestalt prägen sie die theologische Wissenschaft bis heute. – Am 300jährigen Jubiläum des Augsburger Bekenntnisses beteiligt sich Schleiermacher mit einer Reihe Predigten und wird zugleich in neue Konflikte um die Geltung der Bekenntnisschriften verwickelt. Im Sommer 1830 heiratet Tochter Hildegard den über 20 Jahre älteren Gymnasiallehrer Lommatzsch. Im Spätsommer reisen Schleiermachers in die Schweiz und nach Württemberg und treffen viele Bekannte und Prominente aus Wissenschaft und Kirche; doch Schleiermacher zieht sich dort ein schweres Magen-Darm-Leiden zu und liegt im Dezember krank darnieder. Anfang 1831 verleiht der König ihm den Roten Adlerorden.
The present commentary serves as a reader’s guide to Schleiermacher’s letters written between the years 1808-1810. It provides information on the people he corresponded with along with a chronological account of important events in Schleiermacher’s life. It contains selected quotations from his letters set to the backdrop of specific events in Prussian and European history.
