Friedrich H. Jacobi Books

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi was an influential German philosopher and literary figure. He is noted for popularizing the term nihilism and critiquing Enlightenment thought, particularly in the systems of Spinoza, Kant, Fichte, and Schelling. Advocating for faith and revelation over speculative reason, Jacobi anticipated contemporary critiques of secular philosophy as relativistic and dangerous to religious belief. He was also known in literary circles for his critique of the Sturm und Drang movement and its visions of atomized individualism, with his literary projects aiming to reconcile Enlightenment individualism with social obligation.