Frederick the Great's philosophical writings / edited by Avi Lifschitz ; translated by Angela Scholar.

Author: Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, author.

ImprintPrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Descriptionxlvi, 249 pages ; 25 cm

Note:Introduction -- Timeline of Principal Events and Publications -- Note on the Texts -- Dissertation on the Innocence of Errors of the Mind -- Anti-Machiavel, or a Study of Machiavelli's The Prince -- Preface to History of My Age -- Dissertation on the Reasons for Establishing or Repealing Laws -- Epistle XVIII: To Marshal Keith, on the Vain Terrors of Death and the Fears of Another Life -- Epistle XX: To My Soul (À mon esprit) -- Preface to Extracts from Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary -- Preface to Abridgement of the Ecclesiastical History by Fleury -- Essay on Self-Love, Considered as a Principle of Morality -- Letter on Education -- Examination of the Essay on Prejudice -- Critical Examination of The System of Nature -- Dialogue of the Dead between Madame de Pompadour and the Virgin Mary -- Essay on the Forms of Government and the Duties of Sovereigns.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:The first modern English edition of diverse Enlightenment-era writings by Prussian monarch Frederick the Great.

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