First Edition Hegel: On the Calamities of the Renaissance of the Wirtember

Description: This is a dissertation Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel defended in June of 1793 to finish his degree at Tübingen and be admitted to the Theology consistorial exams, written primarily in Latin with long quotes in German, titled "De Ecclesiae Wirtembergicae renascentis calamitatibus", or in English "On the Calamities of the Renaissance of the Wirtemberg Church". The thesis primarily discusses the history and philosophical chaos of the Reformation in Wuttemberg, focusing on the metaphysical influence of Aristotle, a massive topic of Hegel's later works. Hegel and Hölderlin defended the dissertation of the then chancellor of the University of Tübingen and first professor of the Theological faculty with seven other students to finish their degrees and be admitted to the theological consistorial examination in autumn 1793. This is the only publication in which both names appear together. Hegel's name is listed as the first defendant on the document, and Rosenkranz considered De Ecclesiae ... to be a work by Hegel: "[Hegel] wrote in the manner of Spittler's and Plank's with thorough source research, which goes into the smallest details in the notes, a treatise: De ecclesiae Wirtembergicae ... He defended it in June.” This document is exceptionally rare. Because this was published while Hegel was only 23 years old and long before he began his career in Philosophy, there are only a handful of these manuscripts in existence. Currently there are only 8 institutional copies in the world (6 of which are in German university collections), and an unknown number in private collections. Hegel left his hometown of Stuttgart to study at Tübingenin 1788, where he met several would-be influential philosophers including Schelling and Hölderlin. After defending this dissertation in 1793 and finishing his degree, Hegel decided not to enter into the Theological school and instead spent eight years as a private tutor in Germany and Switzerland, before building out his philosophical models and becoming Germany's most famous philosopher at the time. This manuscript marks a pivotal moment in Hegel's life. Condition: See detailed pictures. Outer edge has minor water damage. This booklet is 86 pages long with a metallic cover. Some one scribbled "1793" with a ballpoint pen on the cover, probably in the 80's.

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Location: Stuttgart

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