Ideas of Terry Pinkard, by Theme

[American, fl. 2002, Professor of Philosophy and German at Northwestern University.]

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

22002	Wolff's version of Leibniz dominated mid-18th C German thought
	Full Idea: The dominant philosophy of mid-eighteenth century Germany was Wolffianism, a codified and almost legalistically organised form of Leibnizian thought.
	From: Terry Pinkard (German Philosophy 1760-1860 [2002], Intro)
	A reaction: Kant grew up in this intellectual climate.

22021	Romantics explored beautiful subjectivity, and the re-enchantment of nature
	Full Idea: Early Romanticism can be seen as the exploration of subjective interiority and as the re-enchantment of nature (as organic). Hegel said they had the idea of a 'beautiful soul', which (he said) either paralysed action, or made them smug.
	From: Terry Pinkard (German Philosophy 1760-1860 [2002], 06)
	A reaction: [compressed, inc Note 1] A major dilemma of life is the extent of our social engagement, because it makes life worthwhile, but pollutes the mind with continual conflicts.

22010	The combination of Kant and the French Revolution was an excited focus for German philosophy
	Full Idea: After the French Revolution, philosophy suddenly became the key rallying point for an entire generation of German intellectuals, who had been reading Kant as the harbinger of a new order.
	From: Terry Pinkard (German Philosophy 1760-1860 [2002], Pt II Intro)
	A reaction: Kant was a harbinger because he offered an autonomous status to each individual, rather than being subservient to a social order.

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / d. Nineteenth century philosophy

22036	In Hegel's time naturalism was called 'Spinozism'
	Full Idea: In Hegel's time the shorthand for the Naturalistic worldview was 'Spinozism'.
	From: Terry Pinkard (German Philosophy 1760-1860 [2002], 10)
	A reaction: Spinozism hit Germany like a bomb in 1786, when it was reported that the poet Hölderlin was a fan of Spinoza.

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

22048	Idealism is the link between reason and freedom
	Full Idea: Idealism was conceived as a link between reason and freedom.
	From: Terry Pinkard (German Philosophy 1760-1860 [2002], 14 Conc)
	A reaction: I'm beginning to see the Romantic era as the Age of Freedom, which followed the Age of Reason. This idea fits that picture nicely. Pinkard says that paradoxes resulted from the attemptl