Ideas of Friedrich Jacobi, by Theme

[German, 1743 - 1819, Freelance polemicist and socialite.]

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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / g. Contemplation
Life and rationality are pointless if we can only contemplate the freedom of our own ego
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism
Jacobi was the first philosopher to talk of nihilism [Critchley]