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The Historiographical Concept 'System of Philosophy'
Its Origin, Nature, Influence and Legitimacy
Series: - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 165
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Jacob Brucker (1696-1770) established the history of philosophy as a philosophical discipline in the 1740s. In order to separate this new discipline from other historical disciplines, he introduced the historiographical concept âsystem of philosophyâ. The historian of philosophy should use this concept as a criterion of inclusion of past philosophies, and as an ideal form of exposition. The present book describes the origin of this historiographical notion, its implicit Protestant assumptions, and it traces the conceptâs impact upon the methods of history of philosophy and history of ideas, as developed over the following centuries. Finally, it discusses the conceptâs strenghts and weaknesses as a historiographical tool, arguing that it ought to be given up.
Leo Catana, Ph.D. (2002) in Philosophy, University of London, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of Copenhagen. He has published on Renaissance philosophy and its reception, including articles in History and Theory and Bruniana & Campanelliana.
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Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Citations
Preface
Introduction
1. The Concept âSystem of Philosophyâ: The Case of Jacob Bruckerâs Historiography of Philosophy
2. Bruckerâs Practice (I): His Exposition of Bruno
3. Bruckerâs Practice (II): His Expositions of Thales, Plato and Aristotle
4. Giordano Brunoâs Hermeneutics: Observations on the Bible in De monade (1591)
5. Apologetic Strains in Bruckerâs Historiography of Philosophy
6. The Influence of the Historiographical Concept âSystem of Philosophyâ
7. The Legitimacy of the Historiographical Concept âSystem of Philosophyâ
Appendices
A. Portraits of Jacob Brucker
B. Jacob Bruckerâs Citations in his Exposition of Giordano Bruno
C. Christoph August Heumannâs Scheme of Periodization
D. Jacob Bruckerâs Scheme of Periodization
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of References to Jacob Bruckerâs Writings
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Citations
Preface
Introduction
1. The Concept âSystem of Philosophyâ: The Case of Jacob Bruckerâs Historiography of Philosophy
2. Bruckerâs Practice (I): His Exposition of Bruno
3. Bruckerâs Practice (II): His Expositions of Thales, Plato and Aristotle
4. Giordano Brunoâs Hermeneutics: Observations on the Bible in De monade (1591)
5. Apologetic Strains in Bruckerâs Historiography of Philosophy
6. The Influence of the Historiographical Concept âSystem of Philosophyâ
7. The Legitimacy of the Historiographical Concept âSystem of Philosophyâ
Appendices
A. Portraits of Jacob Brucker
B. Jacob Bruckerâs Citations in his Exposition of Giordano Bruno
C. Christoph August Heumannâs Scheme of Periodization
D. Jacob Bruckerâs Scheme of Periodization
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of References to Jacob Bruckerâs Writings
All those interested in the methods of history of philosophy, history of ideas and intellectual history, as well as those interested in the reception of Plato and Giordano Bruno.