GARVE, CHRISTIAN.

Om Selskab og Ensomhed. 2 Deele (3 Hæfter, -første del bestående af to hæfter). Oversat af det Tydske ved A.P. Meden.

Kjøbenhavn, 1799-1801. 8vo. 2 smukke samt. hldrbd. m. rig rygforgyldn. Bd. m. enkelte "huller", ellers et nydeligt, velholdt og rent ekspl. på skrivepapir. M. alle deltitel- og titelblade. (2), 133, (1); (4) pp, pp. (135)-238; (10), 291, (1) pp.

8vo. 2 beautiful cont. hcalfs w. richly gilt spines. Bdg.s w. a few "holes", otherwise a very nice and clean copy on good paper. With all half-titles and title-pages. (2), 133, (1); (4) pp, pp. (135)-238; (10), 291, (1) pp.

Rare first Danish edition of the very scarce work by Garve, "Über Gesellschaften und Einsamkeit" ("On Company and Loneliness"). The Danish translation was already begun by Meden, before Garve had finished publishing the last part of his work in the original German, -it was originally published 1797-1800, and the Danish translation appeared 1799-1800!

Though almost forgotten today, Charistian Garve (1742-98) was a German philosopher, who exercised great influence on the contemporary Enlightenment-philosophers. During the late period of the Enlightenment he actually counted as one of the three most famous philosophers, the other two being Moses Mendelssohn and Kant. He also counts as one of the pioneers of "Volkskunde", and he contributed to what we would now call "popular philosophy". He initially became famous through his many translations (e.g. of Cicero's "De oficiis", Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations", Ferguson's "Institutes of Moral Philosophy"), and in his own philosophy he was deeply influenced by English and Scottish philosophy as well as by Stoic ethics.

Peter Andreas Meden (1771-1831) was a Danish Priest, originally of Dutch descent. He was quite influential as a translator of German rationalistic works.

Order-nr.: 34971