Historical Writings as Art For Herder historical writing was a form of art, not a science: the “wahre historische Künstler” was the “Schöpfer einer Welt von Begebenheiten” as a “schönen Ganzen” (true historical artist; creator of a world of events; a beautiful whole). Accordingly, “Muster der Geschichte sind eher gewesen als Regelneiner historischen Kunst” (For an art of history it has always been more a matter of exemplars than of rules) (p. 71) Author with Historicity For Herder, the uniqueness of an author was always a function of his historicity. (p. 72) Am meisten ists nötig, daß man von einem Autor abzieht, was seiner Zeit oder der Vorwelt zugehört, und was er der Nachwelt übrig läßt. Er trägt die Fesseln seines Zeitalters, dem er sein Buch zum Geschenke darbeut: er steht in seinem Jahrhundert, wie ein Baum in dem Erdreich, in das er sich gewurzelt, aus welchem er Säfte ziehet, mit welchem er seine Gliedmaßen der Entstehung decket. Je mehr er sich um seine Welt verdient mac...
https://counter-currents.com/2017/02/adolf-von-harnacks-dark-theology/ ~Freedom~ "Harnack‘s theology is liberal theology in the sense that it emphasizes the imperative of freedom: the freedom of thought, the pursuit of truth, and freedom from external interference." ~Human Power~ "He was also confident in the power of human thought and the ability to transcend one‘s subjectivity to attain genuine objectivity. In him, scrupulous reasonableness and unshakeable religious faith were combined, resting on his awareness of one‘s dependence on the absolute spirit." ~Christianity for Harnack~ According to Harnack, true Christianity was something simple and sublime: “It means one thing and one thing only: Eternal life in the midst of time, by the strength and under the eyes of God.” Gary Dorrien, Kantian Reason and Hegelian Spirit: The Idealistic Logic of Modern Theology (Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2015), 326-327. ~Harnack on War~ Harnack’s thought was permeated wi...
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