Comprehensive and incisive, with three new chapters, this updated edition sees world-renowned scholars explore a rich and complex philosophical movement.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) was the founding figure of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, a branch of thought which grew out of Kant'

The fundamental task of philosophy since the seventeenth century has been to determine whether the essential principles of both knowledge and action can be disc

Explains the development of Romantic arts and culture in Germany, with both individual artists and key themes covered in detail.