Mensch, Tier und Welt als âSaitenspielâ. Das akustische PhÃ¤nomen der Sympathie beim jungen Herder

ClÃ©mence Couturier-Heinrich

Kapitel 3 Mensch, Tier und Welt als âSaitenspielâ. Das akustische PhÃ¤nomen der Sympathie beim jungen Herder

äºHerder on Empathy and Sympathy

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Abstract

In his early works, specifically the Fourth Critical Grove(1769), Treatise on the Origin of Language (1772), On the Cognition and Sensation of the Human Soul (1778), as well as Sculpture (also 1778), Herder characterises the auditory nerves of human beings, the entire human nervous system, the human sensitive faculty as a whole, the entire human being with all its capacities, and also animals as sensitive âmechanismsâ. Furthermore, in a metaphorical vein, he compares all of nature and the entire universe to âstring-playingsâ, that is to stringed instruments, such as a lyre or harp. If sound is generated in the immediate vicinity of an instrument, the instrument would produce sound by itselfâeven if not played. This is because the soundâs vibrations are carried through the air and transmitted to the other instrumentâs sound body. This acoustic phenomenonâtoday designated as resonanceâwas called âsympathyâ (Sympathie) in the eighteenth century. For Herder, it served as a model for understanding the expression of feelings by means of musical notes as well as through whining, groaning, moaning, and similar âsounds of natureâ. This kind of communication does not amount to a linguistic exchange yet. Additionally, Herder also designates as âsympathyâ one sensitive beingâs compassion for another, as well as the effect of Greek statues on their observer who only virtually touches them. He also categorises the impact of the environment on animals as âsympathyâ. This demonstrates the wide scope of Herderâs use of this term.

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Herder on Empathy and Sympathy

EinfÃ¼hlung und Sympathie im Denken Herders

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