Heiberg's Perseus and Other Texts

• ISBN13: 9788763531702
• ISBN10: 8763531704
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-15
• Publisher: Museum Tusculanum

Summary

Heibergs Perseus represents a landmark in Golden Age culture. It was published in June 1837 as part of his long-standing campaign to convert his contemporaries to G.W.F. Hegels philosophical system. He calls upon the Greek hero Perseus to be the champion for the cause of Hegelian idealism and to do battle with the pernicious Medusa of realism and empiricism. Perseus formed part of his general attempt to correct what he regarded as the philosophical prejudices and misunderstandings of his age. It was widely read and discussed among Danish students and intellectuals of the time, reviewed at length by the philosopher Frederik Christian Sibbern and satirised by Sren Kierkegaard.

Author Biography

Jon Stewart is Associate Research Professor at the Sren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. viii
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: The Origin and Influence of Heiberg's Perseus	p. 1
Negotiations with the Editorial Board of the Maanedsskrift for Litteratur	p. 57
Perseus	p. 69
To the Readers	p. 75
Review of Dr. Rothe's Doctrine of the Trinity and Reconciliation	p. 81
Introduction	p. 85
The Infinite and the Finite	p. 90
Philosophy and System	p. 106
Ideality and Idea	p. 114
Spirit and Immortality	p. 125
The Revelation	p. 138
Pseudonymous: Oi: Review of Perseus, Journal for the Speculative Idea	p. 151
Seren Kierkegaard: Preface VIII (from Prefaces)	p. 157
Explanatory Notes	p. 181
Bibliographies	p. 337
Indices	p. 385
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