Isaak Iselin

Isaak Iselin

Isaak Iselin (7 March 1728, Basel – 15 July 1782, Basel) was a Swiss philosopher of history and politics.^[1]

Iselin studied law and philosophy at the University of Basel and the University of Göttingen. In 1756 he became secretary of the republic of Basel. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society, the first national Swiss reform society.^[1]

Works

• Philosophische und Politische Versuche, 1760
• Ueber die Geschichte der Menschheit, 1764
• Versuch über die gesellige Ordnung, 1772
• Träume eines Menschenfreundes, 1776

See also

• Gesellschaft für das Gute und Gemeinnützige

References

1. Zurbuchen, Simone (2006), "Iselin, Isaak", in Haakonssen, Knud, The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy 2, Cambridge University Press, p. 1186

• Béla Kapossy, Iselin contra Rousseau: Sociable Patriotism and the History of Mankind (Basel, Switzerland: Schwabe, 2006) (Schwabe Philosophica, 9).
• Andreas Urs Sommer, Geschichte als Trost. Isaak Iselins Geschichtsphilosophie (Basel: Schwabe, 2002) (= Schwabe Horizonte) (ISBN 3-7965-1940-7).
• Lucas Marco Gisi / Wolfgang Rother (ed.), Isaak Iselin und die Geschichtsphilosophie der europäischen Aufklärung (Basel: Schwabe, 2011).

External links

• Works by or about Isaak Iselin in libraries (WorldCat catalog)