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Heinrich Heine, German lyric poet and literary critic, was born in Dsseldorf in 1797. Originally of Jewish descent, in 1825 he renounced this faith to become a Christian. He lived alternately at Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich. From 1831 until his death in 1856 he lived for the most part in Paris, and it was during this period that he contributed generously to two Parisian journals, Europe Littraire and the Revue des Deux Mondes. It was in the latter of these that the prose fragments contained in this volume were first published. GEDICHTE, the first collection of his poetry, was followed by BUCH DER LIEDER, NEUE GEDICHTE, and ROMANZERO. These contain some of the best-loved German lyrics. Heine produced a number of characteristic prose works including REISEBILDER (4 vols.), GESCHICHTE DER NEUREN SCHNEN LITERATUR IN DEUTSCHLAND (2 vols.), DER SALON (4 vols.), and VERMISCHTE SCHRIFTEN (3 vols.). His complete works were published posthumously at Hamburg (18611866) in twenty-one volumes, and a great number of these have been translated into English and adapted for the present-day reader.
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Religion and Philosophy in Germany
A Fragment
By Heinrich Heine
Translated by John Snodgrass
Foreword by Dennis J. Schmidt
State University of New York Press
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First Published in America in 1882 by Houghton Mifflin and Company
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1986 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Heine, Heinrich, 17971856. Religion and Philosophy in Germany.
Translation of: Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland. Includes index. 1. Philosophy, German. 2. GermanyReligion. I. Title. B2523.H413 1986 193 85-27675 ISBN 0-88706-282-2 ISBN 0-88706-283-0 (pbk.)
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD BY Dennis J. Schmidt
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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
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PREFACE TO FIRST FRENCH EDITION
1
PREFACE TO FIRST GERMAN EDITION
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PREFACE TO SECOND GERMAN EDITION
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PART FIRST: Germany Till Luther's Time
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PART SECOND: From Luther to Kant
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PART THIRD: From Kant to Hegel
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APPENDIX
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FOREWORD
by Dennis J. Schmidt
Histories which regard their task as the simple and uncomplicated narrative of a finished and by-gone past frequently find themselves quickly transformed into documents and relics of a new past, and of only an antiquarian interest. But a different sort of history, one that touches upon something vital in the life of history and the mind and so does not freeze itself in its own present, is continually able to speak beyond its own age and to awaken interest in its topic and message. Heine's study on the history of religion and philosophy in Germany certainly ranks among the best examples of just such a history which, in looking back, raises and addresses questions that reach far in advance of itself. Many histories of German thought have been written since Heine wrote this one for a French audience in 1834; most of those others now seem covered with dust while Heine's text reads as fresh as one composed today.
Part of the enduring appeal of this book is no doubt due to its jargon-free presentation of complex theological and philosophical positions. Heine's populist sensibilities and political mission bred in him the conviction that the true measure of an idea is first found in its legacy and impact upon the cultural life of a people. Fueled by this conviction he looks upon himself as the bearer of the German tradition whose role it is to translate and help interpret that tradition, thereby promoting and accelerating the very best of that tradition. To this end, he wrote with an eye to a readership beyond the walls of the
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ivory tower. The eloquent and often witty style of this text is certainly another factor contributing to its appeal and youth. Heine was a leading literary critic in his day and still remains among Germany's greatest poets, one whose verse has been turned to songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Wolff to name but a few inspired by the musicality of his language. But while some of the charm of this text comes from Heine's ability to reach his audience and his obvious delight and virtuosity with language, its special excellence is not that it is an uncommonly readable presentation of the German intellectual tradition from Luther to Hegel, but is found in the original contribution that it makes to the tradition of which it speaks.
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