Acknowledgments; Foreword: Do We Need a Revival of Transcendental Philosophy?; Preface; Introductory Remarks; I. Beginnings: 1772-94; II. Sophie von Kühn and Philosophical Studies; III. Heinrich von Ofterdingen; IV. The "Basic Schema" in Historical Perspective; V. Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Exploring the full range of Novalis's (the pen name of the German poet and philosopher Friedrich von Hardenberg) work, von Molnar shows how he dealt, in theory and practice, with a central issue in Romanticism--the emerging concept of the autonomous self and its relation
