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Article: Continued Existence, Reincarnation, and the Power of Sympathy in Classical Weimar.(Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- October 1, 2001
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Continued Existence, Reincarnation, and the Power of Sympathy in Classical Weimar. By LIESELOTTE KURTH-VOIGT. (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture) Rochester, NY: Camden House. 1999. xvi + 264 pp. 45 [pounds sterling], $65.
Although reincarnation has been marginal to Western beliefs until recently, its history bears on a question of central importance: how closely do religious beliefs relate to rational philosophies? As this well-documented study by Lieselotte Kurth-Voigt shows, the idea of reincarnation was surprisingly popular in Weimar. Taking one's lead from Kant's sharp distinction between knowledge and faith in 'Uber das Misslingen aller ...