Volume 1: TP + [i]-[xiii]= Vorede[xiv] = Quote page + Half-title + [3]-144 + 165-318 + [319]-[322] = Hauptsatze (Index) + [323] = Printer's information (Schlegel); Volume 2: TP + [i]-[iv] = Inhalt + [vi] = Printers information (Schlegel) + Half-title + [3]-344; Volume 3: TP + [i]-[ii] = Inhalt + Half-title + [3]-368' Volume 4: TP + [i]-[ii] = Inhalt + Half-title + [3]-340, Small Quarto. First Edition. Herder's most comprehensive and important work in philosophy. 'It is for his philosophy of history that Herder is chiefly known and remembered today. His Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit is a curious and in some ways contradictory work. On the one hand, it reflects certain dominant Enlightenment interests; teleological and progressivist notions of historical development appear in it, and Herder showed respect for such humanistic ideals as freedom and social improvement. At the same time its chief interest lies precisely in the manner in which it departs from various prevailing trends of Enlightenment thought. Not only does it exhibit a range and erudition that, considering the period of writing, is astonishing (Herder did not confine himself to European history and sources but insisted upon the importance of such other cultures as China, India, and the Middle East), it is also packed with original and imaginative suggestions for the reinterpretation of the human past and contains a great deal of trenchant criticism of the historiography of the times. These methodological theses and proposals Herder propounded through the medium of a gigantic survey." (EP, Vol. 3, p. 488) Contemporary tan pasteboard bindings with lovely gilt titling to the spines of the first two volumes. The titling has fallen off of the last two volumes. Each book is worn on the covers, with generally dented tips and overall signs of wear. Still, each volume is solid and completely firm the bindings. Each title page has a small (ž") black circular stamp with the letters "H.R." inside it. An unsophisticated, but nonetheless charming set of this important contribution by Herder. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Seller Inventory # 757

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Title: Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der ...

Publisher: Johann Freidrich Hartsnoch 1784, 1785, 1787 & 1791, Riga und Leipzig

Publication Date: 1784

Edition: FIRST EDITION

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