Fliegender Brief
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Fliegender Brief is a short philosophical work by Johann Georg Hamann that exemplifies his dense, aphoristic style and critique of Enlightenment rationalism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fliegender Brief canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical work
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short work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
German Enlightenment
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Lutheran pietism ⓘ |
| author | Johann Georg Hamann ⓘ |
| centralConcern |
critique of autonomous reason
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relation between faith and knowledge ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Enlightenment concept of reason
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rationalist epistemology ⓘ |
| critiques | Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
contingency of human reason
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dependence on divine revelation ⓘ historicity of understanding ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasForm |
letter
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short prose text ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalTheme |
critique of rationalism
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faith and revelation ⓘ language and understanding ⓘ limits of reason ⓘ |
| hasReception | important in Hamann scholarship ⓘ |
| influenced |
Kierkegaardian existential thought
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later German Romanticism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
aphoristic style
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dense style ⓘ |
| modeOfArgument |
fragmentary argumentation
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indirect communication ⓘ |
| movement | Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
anti-rationalism
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emphasis on faith over reason ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Christian philosophy
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early existential tendency ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
Aesthetica in nuce
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Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Flying Letter ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
biblical allusion
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irony ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
| workOf | Johann Georg Hamann ⓘ |
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