From Rudi Thoemmes Rare Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Rare first edition, by the founder of the Illuminati. 'Adam Weishaupt (1748 1830) calls himself an Idealist, and believes with Kant that philosophy is but a philosophy of phenomena, that we cannot know the essence of things in themselves. He differs from Kant, however, in assuming for the predicates which we ascribe to phenomena, hence for space, extension, etc., substrata in the real things, independent of our modes of presentation' (Adickes 304). 'Influenced by the Göttingen philosopher Johann Georg Heinrich Feder, he tried to bring the latter s work down from the metaphysical heavens to mundane practice. With students, teachers and public officials he founded the secret society of Perfectibilisten in 1776. Weishaupt's intention was to reform education and society. In 1779, the group became more and more successful in all of Germany under the name Order of the Illuminati . The goal of the Illuminati was to reform society according to the Enlightenment ideals by influencing important public officials and office holders. Overriding goals were the promotion of the happiness of humanity, authentic virtue, and useful scientific and scholarly research. The Illuminati also understood themselves as the agents of an enlightened pedagogy. They were themselves responsible for their own improvement or perfection. Weishaupt was known as Spartacus' (Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers). PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Small 8vo, 204, [4] pp., contemporary yellow boards with paper label hand-lettered, damage to spine and corners worn (please see photo), title-page with library stamps and early inscription, a smaller stamp also on p. 27, occasional spots and some foxing noticeable in the margins, a good copy, held in very few libraries. Seller Inventory # ABE-1631798337046
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Title: Ueber die Gründe und Gewisheit der ...
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
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