The Berlin Refuge 1680-1780
Learning and Science in European Context
Biographical note
Sandra Pott, Dr. (1998) in German Literature, is currently fellow of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (Paris). She has published on the subject of the Refuge, in Reformierte Morallehren und deutsche Literatur von J. Barbeyrac bis C.M. Wieland (Niemeyer, 2002).
Martin Mulsow, Dr. (1991) in Philosophy, is Privatdozent at the University of Munich and a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He has published on Renaissance Philosophy and Early Enlightenment, including Moderne aus dem Untergrund (Hamburg, 2002).
Lutz Danneberg is Professor of German Literature at the Humboldt University Berlin. He has published on methodology, logic and hermeneutics, including Säkularisierung in den Wissenschaften: Die Anatomie des Text-Körpers und des Natur-Körpers (Berlin, New York, 2002).
Martin Mulsow, Dr. (1991) in Philosophy, is Privatdozent at the University of Munich and a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He has published on Renaissance Philosophy and Early Enlightenment, including Moderne aus dem Untergrund (Hamburg, 2002).
Lutz Danneberg is Professor of German Literature at the Humboldt University Berlin. He has published on methodology, logic and hermeneutics, including Säkularisierung in den Wissenschaften: Die Anatomie des Text-Körpers und des Natur-Körpers (Berlin, New York, 2002).
Readership
All those interested in intellectual history, the history of the Huguenots, the history of literature, the history of philosophy, especially of natural law and hermeneutics.
Table of contents
Preface, Sandra Pott
I. INTRODUCTION
1. “Gentle, refined, cultivated, witty people”: Comments on the Intellectual History of the Berlin Refuge and on Relevant Research, Sandra Pott
2. Views of the Berlin Refuge: Scholarly Projects, Literary Interests, Marginal Fields, Martin Mulsow
II. THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY
3. Ezechiel Spanheim’s Dispute with Richard Simon. On the Biblical Philology at the End of the 17th Century, Lutz Danneberg
4. Temporizing After Bayle: Isaac de Beausobre and the Manicheans, John Christian Laursen
III. HISTORY AND NATURAL LAW
5. Ein vergessener Pufendorf-Übersetzer: der Réfugié Antoine Teissier, Fiammetta Palladini
6. Natural Right, Liberty of Conscience and “Summa Potestas” in Jean Barbeyrac, Fabrizio Lomonaco
IV. DISSEMINATION AND POPULARISATION
7. Der Refuge und der Journalismus um 1700: Gabriel d’Artis (ca. 1650–ca. 1730), Herbert Jaumann
8. Lektüre, Bildung, Wissenskanon: Jean-Henri-Samuel Formeys Ratschläge zum Aufbau einer Privatbibliothek im 18. Jahrhundert, Annett Volmer
9. The Huguenot Clerisy in the United Provinces: Aspects of Huguenot Influence on Dutch Intellectual Life After the Revocation, Joris van Eijnatten
Index of Names
I. INTRODUCTION
1. “Gentle, refined, cultivated, witty people”: Comments on the Intellectual History of the Berlin Refuge and on Relevant Research, Sandra Pott
2. Views of the Berlin Refuge: Scholarly Projects, Literary Interests, Marginal Fields, Martin Mulsow
II. THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY
3. Ezechiel Spanheim’s Dispute with Richard Simon. On the Biblical Philology at the End of the 17th Century, Lutz Danneberg
4. Temporizing After Bayle: Isaac de Beausobre and the Manicheans, John Christian Laursen
III. HISTORY AND NATURAL LAW
5. Ein vergessener Pufendorf-Übersetzer: der Réfugié Antoine Teissier, Fiammetta Palladini
6. Natural Right, Liberty of Conscience and “Summa Potestas” in Jean Barbeyrac, Fabrizio Lomonaco
IV. DISSEMINATION AND POPULARISATION
7. Der Refuge und der Journalismus um 1700: Gabriel d’Artis (ca. 1650–ca. 1730), Herbert Jaumann
8. Lektüre, Bildung, Wissenskanon: Jean-Henri-Samuel Formeys Ratschläge zum Aufbau einer Privatbibliothek im 18. Jahrhundert, Annett Volmer
9. The Huguenot Clerisy in the United Provinces: Aspects of Huguenot Influence on Dutch Intellectual Life After the Revocation, Joris van Eijnatten
Index of Names
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