Band 1: Christian Wolff (1679–1754)

These works document the essential prerequisites for the beginning of the popular Enlightenment. They show the transition in the scholars’ self-image, the orientation of philosophy toward matters of everyday life and the public discussion on the usefulness of new findings in natural science. In these works, Wolff proposes a new kind of grain cultivation, developed on the basis of his own experiments, which was significant for the poor among the rural population in particular.