Arthur Oncken Lovejoy was an American philosopher and intellectual historian. He is known for founding the discipline of the history of ideas by publishing its flagship text, The Great Chain of Being.

• Prefatory NoteForewordAuthor's PrefaceChapter 1. The Historiography of IdeasChapter 2. The Supposed Primitivism of Rousseau's Discourse on InequalityChapter 3. Monboddo and RouseeauChapter 4. "Pride" in Eighteenth-Century ThoughtChapter 5. "Nature" as Aesthetic NormChapter 6. The Parallel of Deism and ClassicismChapter 7. The Chinese Origin of a RomanticismChapter 8. The First Gothic Revival and the Return to NatureChapter 9. Herder and the Enlightenment Philosophy of History Chapter 10. The Meaning of "Romantic" in Early German Romanticism Chapter 11. Schiller and the Genesis of German Romanticism Chapter 12. On the Discrimination of Romanticisms Chapter 13. Coleridge and Kant's Two WorldsChapter 14. Milton and the Paradox of the fortunate FallChapter 15. The Communism of St AmbroseChapter 16. "Nature" as Norm in TertullianBibliography Index

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy was an American philosopher and intellectual historian. He is known for founding the discipline of the history of ideas by publishing its flagship text, The Great Chain of Being.

• Prefatory NoteForewordAuthor's PrefaceChapter 1. The Historiography of IdeasChapter 2. The Supposed Primitivism of Rousseau's Discourse on InequalityChapter 3. Monboddo and RouseeauChapter 4. "Pride" in Eighteenth-Century ThoughtChapter 5. "Nature" as Aesthetic NormChapter 6. The Parallel of Deism and ClassicismChapter 7. The Chinese Origin of a RomanticismChapter 8. The First Gothic Revival and the Return to NatureChapter 9. Herder and the Enlightenment Philosophy of History Chapter 10. The Meaning of "Romantic" in Early German Romanticism Chapter 11. Schiller and the Genesis of German Romanticism Chapter 12. On the Discrimination of Romanticisms Chapter 13. Coleridge and Kant's Two WorldsChapter 14. Milton and the Paradox of the fortunate FallChapter 15. The Communism of St AmbroseChapter 16. "Nature" as Norm in TertullianBibliography Index

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy was an American philosopher and intellectual historian. He is known for founding the discipline of the history of ideas by publishing its flagship text, The Great Chain of Being.

• Prefatory NoteForewordAuthor's PrefaceChapter 1. The Historiography of IdeasChapter 2. The Supposed Primitivism of Rousseau's Discourse on InequalityChapter 3. Monboddo and RouseeauChapter 4. "Pride" in Eighteenth-Century ThoughtChapter 5. "Nature" as Aesthetic NormChapter 6. The Parallel of Deism and ClassicismChapter 7. The Chinese Origin of a RomanticismChapter 8. The First Gothic Revival and the Return to NatureChapter 9. Herder and the Enlightenment Philosophy of History Chapter 10. The Meaning of "Romantic" in Early German Romanticism Chapter 11. Schiller and the Genesis of German Romanticism Chapter 12. On the Discrimination of Romanticisms Chapter 13. Coleridge and Kant's Two WorldsChapter 14. Milton and the Paradox of the fortunate FallChapter 15. The Communism of St AmbroseChapter 16. "Nature" as Norm in TertullianBibliography Index