Herder's conception of "das Volk"
The University of Chicago
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND LITERATURE IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
DEPARTMENT OF GERMANICS
BY GEORGIANA R. SIMPSON
Private Edition, Distributed By THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARIES CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 1921
Composed and Printed By The University of Chicago Press Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY FRIEND AND TEACHER FRÄULEIN AGNES BURCHARD OF ROSTOCK, GERMANY
Georgiana Rose Simpson
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CONTENTS
THE IDEA IN OTHER WORDS
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II
III
IV
COMPOUNDS WITH VOLK
VOLK SONGS COLLECTED BY HERDER
OSSIAN
THE ANCIENT HEBREWS
I. STIMULUS
II. SENSES
III. KNOWING AND WILLING
LEIBNIZ AND HERDER
REFERENCES TO LEIBNIZ
SHAFTESBURY AND HERDER
SHAFTESBURY AND HERDER
REFERENCES TO SHAFTESBURY
ROUSSEAU AND HERDER
“DER MENSCH”
ROUSSEAU AND HERDER
REFERENCES TO ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES
CONCLUSION
FOOTNOTES
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