Consolatio Philosophiae
On the Existential Dimension of German Idealism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12955261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andreas Schmidt (0000-0001-5881-2480, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 167-172 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Philosophy of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1872-261X • E-ISSN: 1872-2636 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18722636-12341553 |
| OpenAlex | W4411110558 |
| Language | EN |
In his work The Shadow of God , Michael Rosen shows how much the authors of classical German philosophy were driven by existential questions about how to deal with suffering and evil; in particular, Hegel’s philosophy of history is read as an attempt to develop a means of consolation through the concept of historical immortality. This contribution argues that Fichte, Schleiermacher, and Hegel also experiment with another attempt to offer consolation: the idea of instantaneous eternity
Art · Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Existentialism · German · German idealism · Hegelianism · Idealism · Linguistics · Medieval history · Pure mathematics · Classics · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |