Written in a lively and elegant style, this is the best book on Jacobi I know of. It will quickly become the standard place for English speakers to begin exploring Jacobi's thought; its treatment of his relation to Kant, Fichte, Hegel, and Schelling will transform the Anglo-American reception of classical German philosophy. * Frederick Neuhouser, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA * Jacobis importance for modern German philosophy has long been downplayed in the Anglo-American tradition, and no one is more qualified than Birgit Sandkaulen to remedy this situation. Sandkaulen gives us an insightful, sympathetic discussion of Jacobis practical realism, thereby establishing not just his influence on figures such as Fichte and Hegel, but his impact on existentialism and post-modernism as well. * Sally Sedgwick, Professor of Philosophy, Boston University, USA * Sandkaulens unapologetic advocacy of Jacobis philosophy sets her book apart from previous monographs on the subject. Readers would be hard-pressed to find a study of Jacobis thought that is similarly authoritative, original, and substantively illuminating. Those seeking clarity regarding his central ideas and their significance in the context of classical German philosophy will find it in this book. * Brady Bowman, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Penn State University, USA * This is both a first-rate work in the history of philosophy, and the needed remedy for insufficient recognition of Jacobi and his influence on German Idealism. Sandkaulen argues powerfully for the importance of Jacobis complex double philosophy, and his grounding of philosophy in the experience of human action. * Jim Kreines, Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College, USA * Birgit Sandkaulens collection of essays presents a masterful, engaging, and most welcome introduction to the thought of Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, the éminence grise of the age of German Idealism, who, today too often neglected, initiated and shaped many of its key philosophical debates. * Charles Larmore, W. Duncan MacMillan Family Professor in the Humanities, Brown University, USA *
