Eckart FÃ¶rster
Eckart FÃ¶rster has written one of the most important books on German philosophy to have appeared in several decades, important both for the many new things it has to teach us about the history of the "twenty-five years" of philosophy, and for its remarkable contributions to philosophy itself. A truly path-breaking achievement.,--Robert B. Pippin, University of Chicago,In this book, a great Kant scholar asks two fundamental questions about the extraordinary period of German philosophy from 1781â€“1806. Why did Kant claim that he had begun philosophy anewâ€”and why did Hegel think that he had brought it to an end? Eckart FÃ¶rster's answers are historically cogent and philosophically challenging. They are rooted in the deepest learning yet, at the same time, presented with extraordinary clarity. The Twenty-Five Years of Philosophy is a masterpiece.,--Michael Rosen, Harvard University,For several years, scholars working in the vibrant field of German Idealismâ€”philosophers, literary critics, historians of science, art historiansâ€”have been tensely awaiting the appearance of FÃ¶rster's major synthetic study of the period. But The Twenty-Five Years of Philosophy exceeds even the most extravagant expectations. In its combination of detailed historical and textual reconstruction with penetrating philosophical thought, in its unrivalled perspicuity of presentation, in its narrative drive, FÃ¶rster's book will reward its readers' engagement in every respect. It is masterful in its command of the work of Kant, Jacobi, Spinoza, Fichte, Schelling, Goethe, and Hegel. It is moving in its commitment to philosophical reflection of the boldest order. Its clarity is marvelous to behold. No serious student of the period will read this book only once.,--David E. Wellbery, University of Chicago
Philosophy,Nonfiction
The Twenty-Five Years of Philosophy: A Systematic Reconstruction