The Philosophy of the Enlightenment (1951)

This is a translation of Die Philosophie der Aufkliirung, the German edition of which was published by in Tubingen in 1932.

CONTENTS

PREFACE
I. THE MIND OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
II. NATURE AND NATURAL SCIENCE
III. PSYCHOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY

IV. RELIGION
I. THE DOGMA OF ORIGINAL SIN AND THE PROBLEM OF THEODICY
II. TOLERANCE AND THE FOUNDATION OF NATURAL RELIGION
III. RELIGION AND HISTORY

V. THE CONQUEST OF THE HISTORICAL WORLD

VI. LAW, STATE, AND SOCIETY
I. LAW AND THE PRINCIPLE OF INALIENABLE RIGHTS
II. THE CONTRACT AND THE METHOD OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

VII. FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF AESTHETICS
I. THE "AGE OF CRITICISM"
II. CLASSICAL AESTHETICS AND THE OBJECTIVITY OF THE BEAUTIFUL
III. TASTE AND THE TREND TOWARD SUBJECTIVISM
IV. INTUITIONAL AESTHETICS AND THE PROBLEM OF GENIUS
V. REASON AND THE IMAGINATION: GOTTSCHED AND THE SWISS CRITICS
VI. THE FOUNDATION OF SYSTEMATIC AESTHETICS: BAUMGARTEN
INDEX