Cohen, Hermann. Bruno Strauss, Ed.

HERMANN COHENS JÜDISCHE SCHRIFTEN [COMPLETE IN THREE VOLUMES] [HERMAN COHEN'S]

Berlin: C. A. Schwetschke & Sohn, 1924. Item #42042

1st edition as such. Original period decorated boards with black spines lettered in gilt. 8vo. 3 volumes. LXIV, 375, VIII, 483, 375 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Cohen volume I. In German. Series: Veröffentlichungen der Akademie für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. Contents: 1. Bd. Ethische und religiöse Grundfragen. --2. Bd. Zur jüdischen Zeitgeschichte. --3. Bd. Zur jüdischen Religionsphilosophie und ihrer Geschichte. Published after Cohen's death. "Cohen is generally acknowledged to be one of the ablest representatives and exponents of the neo-Kantian school. He was one of the founders of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judenthums, which held its first meeting in Berlin in Nov. , 1902." (Isidodre Singer, JE) "The dignity of man is central to Cohen's ethical thought. A proponent of humanistic socialism, he regarded a nation's treatment of its working classes as an index of its level of morality. While he called Marx "God's historical messenger, " he rejected historical materialism as well as the atheistic trends prevalent in the workers' movement" (Samuel Hugo Bergman, EJ). A nearly complete collection of Hermann Cohen's shorter philosophic and theological Jewish Writings with the intention to present the public with the development of the scope of his work, including six unpublished lectures from the estate ("Die Messiasidee" - "Die Versöhnungsidee" - "Der Stil der Propheten" - "Die Lyrik der Psalmen" - "Über die ästhetische Bedeutung unserer religiösen Bildung" - "Das soziale Ideal bei Platon und den Propheten)." SUBJECT(S) : Judaism. Jews -- History. Feldman considers Cohen's philosophy "the most significant system of Jewish religious philosophy since Hasdai Crescas." Absolutely gorgeous set, Very good+ condition, stunning. (GER-6-27B).

Price: $350.00