PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Christian Thomasius, Pietism, Systematics
28 Jul 2020
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The german enlightenment (aufkl rung) has a quite different character to the english and french currents. In general it does not include atheism or agnosticism, nor does it include scepticism. There is considerable concern for aesthetics (literature, art), education and enlightened religion. The most famous representative of the german enlightenment is undoubtedly kant, but because of the transcendence of his philosophy, he deserves a separate chapter. We can distinguish three phases of the enlightenment. The first phase is an extension of the leibnizian philosophy. It is a radical and metaphysical rationalism that starts from an unlimited trust in human reason. The main representative of this phase is christian wolff. The second phase is under the influence of the thinkers of the english and french. It is the time of deism and natural religion. The third is already a (self) critical phase in the face of the foundations of the. Enlightenment and a claim to religious feeling and faith.
