Frederick the Great's Philosophical Writings
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Frederick the Great's Philosophical Writings
By (Author) King Frederick II
Edited by Avi Lifschitz
Translated by Angela Scholar
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
5th June 2024
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history
Western philosophy: Enlightenment
History of ideas
193
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Paperback
304
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
The first modern English edition of diverse Enlightenment-era writings by Prussian monarch Frederick the Great Frederick II of Prussia (1712-86), best known as Frederick the Great, was a prolific writer of philosophical discourses, poems, epics, satires, and more, while maintaining extensive correspondence with prominent intellectuals, Voltaire
Reviews
"This collection reveals the extent to which Frederick was engaged with the debates of the French Enlightenment and offers a textured picture of his intellectual world. . . . An invaluable tool."---Anton M. Matytsin, Journal of Modern History
Author Bio
Avi Lifschitz is associate professor of European history at the University of Oxford, where he is fellow of Magdalen College. He is the author of Language and Enlightenment: The Berlin Debates of the Eighteenth Century and editor of Engaging with Rousseau. Twitter @Diderotesque
