Frederick the Great's Philosophical Writings
The first modern English edition of diverse Enlightenment-era writings by Prussian monarch Frederick the GreatFrederick II of Prussia (1712-1786), best known as Frederick the Great, was a prolific writer of philosophical discourses, poems, epics, satires, and more, while maintaining extensive corres...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Timeline of Principal Events and Publications
- Note on the Texts
- 1. Dissertation on the Innocence of Errors of the Mind
- 2. Anti-Machiavel, or a Study of Machiavelli's The Prince
- 3. Preface to History of My Age
- 4. Dissertation on the Reasons for Establishing or Repealing Laws
- 5. Epistle XVIII: To Marshal Keith, on the Vain Terrors of Death and the Fears of Another Life
- 6. Epistle XX: To My Soul (À mon esprit)
- 7. Preface to Extracts from Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary
- 8. Preface to Abridgement of the Ecclesiastical History by Fleury
- 9. Essay on Self-Love, Considered as a Principle of Morality
- 10. Letter on Education
- 11. Examination of the Essay on Prejudice
- 12. Critical Examination of The System of Nature
- 13. Dialogue of the Dead between Madame de Pompadour and the Virgin Mary
- 14. Essay on the Forms of Government and the Duties of Sovereigns
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index