Karoline von Günderrode

Anna Ezekiel is a translator and historian of philosophy focused on post-Kantian German philosophy, especially work by historical women philosophers. Her translations of writings by Karoline von Günderrode, Bettina Brentano-von Arnim, Edith Stein, and others appear in Poetic Fragments (SUNY Press, 2016) and Women Philosophers in the Long 19th Century: The German Tradition (Oxford University Press, 2021). Dr. Ezekiel is also the author of numerous articles and book chapters on historical women philosophers, German Idealism, and Romanticism. She gained her PhD in philosophy from McGill in 2013 and now teaches on philosophy and gender at Parami University in Myanmar.

• Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction Günderrode's Life and Works Günderrode as a Philosopher Metaphysics Identity, Consciousness, and Death Epistemology Social and Political Thought Ethics Aesthetics Gender Günderrode and Genre Overview of This Volume Part 1 Works 1: Idea of the Earth Introduction Idea of the Earth 2: Letters of Two Friends Introduction Letters of Two Friends 3 The Manes Introduction The Manes 4 The Malabarian Widows Introduction The Malabarian Widows 5 "An Apocalyptic Fragment" and "A Dream" Introduction An Apocalyptic Fragment A Dream 6 The Wanderer's Descent Introduction The Wanderer's Descent 7 The Adept Introduction The Adept 8 The Frank in Egypt Introduction The Frank in Egypt 9 Immortalita Introduction Immortalita 10 Story of a Brahmin Introduction Story of a Brahmin 11 Fragments on Ethics and Aesthetics Introduction (Excellence is a whole) (Love and Beauty) (Tendency of the Artist) Change and Constancy (Only One and One to Serve) 12 Fragments on Music Introduction The Realm of Tones Music Music for Me The Nightingale (Fragment) The Tones The Cathedral in Cologne. A Fragment 13 The Aeronaut Introduction The Aeronaut 14 Once I Lived Sweet Life Introduction Once I Lived Sweet Life 15 Mora Introduction Mora 16 Udohla Introduction Udohla Part 2 Notebooks 17 Introduction to Günderrode's Notebooks 18 Notes on Philosophy of Nature Introduction (The true idea of materialism...) (Nature is an eternal activity) Idea of Nature (All things are) 19 Notes on Chemistry Introduction Notes on Chemistry 20 Notes on the Early German Romantics Introduction Notes on the Early German Romantics 21 Notes on Schleiermacher Introduction Notes on Schleiermacher 22 Notes on Hemsterhuis Introduction Notes on Hemsterhuis 23 Miscellaneous Notes Introduction Philosophical Dictionary and Other Definitions Philosophical Dictionary (Reason and Understanding) Mathematical Definitions Other Definitions Notes from Jean Paul, Hesperus Notes from Summer 1804 to Early 1806 Part 3 Letters 24 Günderrode's Letters Introduction Letters Bibliography Appendix: Sources for the Translations