Esoteric currents, pietism and the early enlightenment in Halle around 1700

这个子项目的目的是对哈雷早期启蒙运动的形成时期进行历史分析和描述，以考察深奥的潮流。关于“天才位点”，强调的两个中心点——早期启蒙运动和神秘主义——通过虔诚主义的结合得到补充和调解。这个星座在1690年，随着哈雷成为异端学说的消失点而具体化。一方面，调查的关键在于神秘主义和早期启蒙运动之间的复杂联系，这是基督教托马斯修斯的观点，是在法律教师群体特定动态的背景下进行的。另一方面，在8月赫尔曼弗兰克扩大孤儿院基金会的创新挪用17世纪玫瑰十字会和炼金术的传统进行了探讨。神秘主义、早期启蒙运动和虔信派之间的三极历史关系这一主题是创新的，不像虔信派和早期启蒙运动之间的关系那样受到广泛关注，它不属于任何研究传统。我们将首次探索第三个参考维度，以补充这种二元性：神秘主义思潮以何种方式影响启蒙思想和社会行为，以及虔诚的心态？理解这两种运动之间的界面的关键是否在于共享的第三个方面，即与深奥知识和信仰概念的关系？支持的出发点坚持认为，经常被引用的启蒙运动和虔信主义之间的亲和力可以更具体地调查，并通过结合一个深奥的维度更精确地理解。

The aim of this subproject is a historical analysis and depiction of the formative period of the Early Enlightenment in Halle under the rubric of an examination of esoteric currents. With respect to a `genius loci´, the two central points of emphasis - Early Enlightenment and Esotericism - are supplemented and mediated through an incorporation of Pietism. This constellation materialized through Halle´s becoming a vanishing point of the heterodoxy as of 1690. On the one hand, the crux of the investigation lies in the complex connection between Esotericism and the Early Enlightenment a la Christian Thomasius, contextualized against the group-specific dynamics of the law faculty. On the other hand, the innovative appropriation of 17th-Century Rosicrucian and Alchemical traditions in August Hermann Francke´s expanding orphanage foundation is probed.This theme of a tripolar historical relation between Esotericism, Early Enlightenment and Pietism is innovative and cannot be affiliated with any tradition of research, unlike the relation between Pietism and the Early Enlightenment which has attracted widespread attention. For the first time a third referential dimension will be probed to supplement this duality: In what manner did esoteric currents influence enlightened thought and social behaviour as well as the pietistic mentality? Does the key to understanding the interface between these two movements lie in a shared third aspect, namely the relation to esoteric knowledge and conceptions of belief? The point of departure espoused maintains that the often cited affinity between Enlightenment and Pietism can be investigated more concretely and understood more precisely through the incorporation of an esoteric dimension.