Sabine Roehr, A Primer on German Enlightenment. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1995. xi + 282 pp.

Introduction to and analysis of the philosophy of the German enlightenment. Includes first English translation of Karl Leonhard Reinhold's The Fundamental Concept and Principles of Ethics.

The contents are as follows:

Historical-Analytical Introduction

  • Preface
  • Salvaging the True Enlightenment
  • Reforming Morality
  • Reforming Religion
  • Reforming Politics
  • Reforming Freemasonry
  • Reforming Philosophy

Translation

The Fundamental Concept and Principles of Ethics: Deliberations of Sound Common Sense, for the Purpose of Evaluating Moral, Rightful, Political and Religious Matters, by Karl Leonhard Reinhold

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