Fliegender Brief

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Fliegender Brief is a short philosophical work by Johann Georg Hamann that exemplifies his dense, aphoristic style and critique of Enlightenment rationalism.

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instanceOf philosophical work ⓘ
short work ⓘ
associatedWith German Enlightenment ⓘ
Lutheran pietism ⓘ
author Johann Georg Hamann ⓘ
centralConcern critique of autonomous reason ⓘ
relation between faith and knowledge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
criticizes Enlightenment concept of reason ⓘ
rationalist epistemology ⓘ
critiques Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
emphasizes contingency of human reason ⓘ
dependence on divine revelation ⓘ
historicity of understanding ⓘ
genre philosophy ⓘ
hasForm letter ⓘ
short prose text ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalTheme critique of rationalism ⓘ
faith and revelation ⓘ
language and understanding ⓘ
limits of reason ⓘ
hasReception important in Hamann scholarship ⓘ
influenced Kierkegaardian existential thought ⓘ
later German Romanticism ⓘ
language German ⓘ
literaryStyle aphoristic style ⓘ
dense style ⓘ
modeOfArgument fragmentary argumentation ⓘ
indirect communication ⓘ
movement Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
philosophicalPosition anti-rationalism ⓘ
emphasis on faith over reason ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Christian philosophy ⓘ
early existential tendency ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Aesthetica in nuce ⓘ
Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten ⓘ
titleLanguage German ⓘ
titleTranslation Flying Letter ⓘ
usesDevice biblical allusion ⓘ
irony ⓘ
paradox ⓘ
workOf Johann Georg Hamann ⓘ

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