,,etwas über Gleise" oder Versuchsanordnung öffentlicher Platz: Zu Lichtenbergs Sudelbuchaufzeichnung J 528

The essay analyses the aphorism J 528 in Lichtenberg's Sudelbüchern as a model study of elementary questions and interests of the enlightenment, and as an example of the author's specific way of thinking and writing focusing on three aspects: 1) epistemological: Lichtenberg's text deals with the relationship between reason and anthropological as well as social factors, offering a kind of genealogy of rational behavior; 2) methodological and poetological: The text is a paradigm of Lichtenberg's transferring scientific method to non-scientific subjects; 3) reception: Lichtenberg's poetics find ...

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