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At the start of the nineteenth century, Karoline von Günderrode burst onto the German intellectual scene with multi-genre collections of philosophical literature that were read by Goethe, Clemens Brentano, and other famous writers and academics. But Günderrode's philosophical insights were largely ignored or adopted without credit and in 1806 she died by suicide, leaving behind a small but powerful set of reflections on the nature of the self, friendship, life after death, human-nature relations, social progress, epistemology, religion, ethics, and many other topics. Long celebrated as an embodiment of tragic Romantic poetry, Günderrode has recently been rediscovered as the author of an original and exciting philosophy.
Günderrode was a nuanced thinker with a gift for using literary forms to engage readers with philosophical ideas. This volume makes many of Günderrode's most significant published and unpublished works, along with excerpts from her letters and notes on philosophical topics, available for the first time in English. The short introductions accompanying each text explicate the ideas embedded in Günderrode's writing, connecting them to intellectual debates of the day and to relevant work by better-known philosophers including Kant, Plato, Schelling, Herder, Schleiermacher, Hemsterhuis, Schlegel, and Novalis. The general introduction provides a more comprehensive orientation to Günderrode's philosophy, considering her metaphysics, epistemology, social and political thought, ethics, aesthetics, and reflections on gender, death, friendship, and human identity.
Contents
Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction Günderrode's Life and Works Günderrode as a Philosopher Metaphysics Identity, Consciousness, and Death Epistemology Social and Political Thought Ethics Aesthetics Gender Günderrode and Genre Overview of This Volume Part 1 Works 1 Idea of the Earth Introduction Idea of the Earth 2 Letters of Two Friends Introduction
Letters of Two Friends 3 The Manes Introduction The Manes 4 The Malabarian Widows Introduction The Malabarian Widows 5 "An Apocalyptic Fragment" and "A Dream" Introduction An Apocalyptic Fragment A Dream 6 The Wanderer's Descent Introduction The Wanderer's Descent 7 The Adept Introduction The Adept 8 The Frank in Egypt Introduction The Frank in Egypt 9 Immortalita Introduction Immortalita 10 Story of a Brahmin Introduction Story of a Brahmin 11 Fragments on Ethics and Aesthetics
Introduction
(Excellence is a whole) (Love and Beauty) (Tendency of the Artist) Change and Constancy (Only One and One to Serve) 12 Fragments on Music Introduction The Realm of Tones Music Music for Me The Nightingale (Fragment) The Tones The Cathedral in Cologne. A Fragment 13 The Aeronaut Introduction The Aeronaut 14 Once I Lived Sweet Life Introduction Once I Lived Sweet Life 15 Mora Introduction Mora 16 Udohla
Introduction
Udohla Part 2 Notebooks 17 Introduction to Günderrode's Notebooks 18 Notes on Philosophy of Nature Introduction (The true idea of materialism...) (Nature is an eternal activity) Idea of Nature (All things are) 19 Notes on Chemistry Introduction Notes on Chemistry 20 Notes on the Early German Romantics Introduction Notes on the Early German Romantics 21 Notes on Schleiermacher Introduction Notes on Schleiermacher 22 Notes on Hemsterhuis Introduction Notes on Hemsterhuis 23 Miscellaneous Notes Introduction Philosophical Dictionary and Other Definitions Philosophical Dictionary (Reason and Understanding) Mathematical Definitions Other Definitions
Notes from Jean Paul, Hesperus
Notes from Summer 1804 to Early 1806 Part 3 Letters 24 Günderrode's Letters Introduction Letters Bibliography Appendix: Sources for the Translations
