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Jacob van Sluis
Franocois Hemsterhuis, Dutch writer on aesthetics and moral philosophy, wrote all of his most important works in French –Wikipedia
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This study describes the history of the library of the Franeker University, which existed from 1585 to 1843. Its collection is examined chronologically thanks to eleven printed catalogues, and placed…
Francois Hemsterhuis
This critical edition translates Hemsterhuis’ ‘Letter on an Antique Gemstone’, ‘Letter on Sculpture’, ‘Letter on Desires’, ‘Letter on Man and his Relations’ and ‘Philosophical Description of the Character of the…
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This collection translates Hemsterhuis’ Sophylus, Aristeaus, Simon and Alexis dialogues into English for the first time, with full scholarly apparatus and commentary. It includes two introductory essays: one by Daniel…
The first ever English translation of Franois Hemsterhuis' philosophically ambitious and illuminating fragments, notes and correspondence, making accessible to Anglophone readers some of the most significant texts, for a genuine…
