Ideas of Friedrich Jacobi, by Theme

[German, 1743 - 1819, Freelance polemicist and socialite.]

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

24441

Jacobi said Spinoza's pantheism is atheism, and his determinism destroys morality [West]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / g. Contemplation

7071	Life and rationality are pointless if we can only contemplate the freedom of our own ego

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism

7072	Jacobi was the first philosopher to talk of nihilism [Critchley]