"Timur": wonderful short story by Romantic poet-philosopher Karoline von Günderrode, inspired by Scottish legend Ossian + influences from her readings of myths, tales, & historical events from Asia and North Africa. Read the English translation & intro for free here: acezekiel.com/2025/09/22/k...

Karoline von Günderrode’s “Timur” and the Influence of Ossian

This post explores a strong stylistic and thematic influence on Günderrode’s work: the writings of legendary Scottish bard Ossian. For an English translation of Günderrode’s dramatic fragment “Mora…

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A little while ago, Alison Stone wrote a lovely guest blog on the philosophy of Frances Power Cobbe - check it out for free here: acezekiel.com/2022/08/04/w... Subscribe for free to "Trail of Crumbs" for occasional little gems like this to hit your inbox.

Why We Should Read Frances Power Cobbe as a Philosopher – Guest Blog by Alison Stone

Until recently, women were systematically excluded from the history of philosophy – so systematically that it used to be assumed that there were no women philosophers in the past. Women have …

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A long shot: is anyone currently doing research at the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú in Lima? I'm trying to track down two seventeenth-century single-sheet printed broadsides. I'd be very grateful to connect. Thanks! #earlymodern

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An excerpt from the opening of Karoline von Günderrode’s philosophical dialogue “The Manes,” translated with its own introduction in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings” available from OUP here: academic.oup.com/book/62113

German Romantic poet & philosopher Karoline von Günderrode was fascinated by ideas from distant parts of the world - & had access to cutting edge research on the topic. Read about her sources here: acezekiel.com/2025/11/20/k... Subscribe to the blog for occasional short articles free to your inbox

Karoline von Günderrode’s Notes on History of Religion

The notes translated here are taken from Günderrode’s manuscripts held at the Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg in Frankfurt, which are in the public domain.1 German transcription…

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My article on Schelling's conception of life and death is now out at European Journal of Philosophy! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Life and Death in Schelling's Philosophy of Nature

F. W. J. Schelling's philosophy of nature (Naturphilosophie) has received significant renewed interest and reappraisal. This research has – like the majority of work in the philosophy of nature and t...

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For years, scholars wondered where the philosophical quotes in Günderrode's notebooks came from, and why they were so short and jumbled together. In this short blog post, I explain the mystery: acezekiel.com/2024/04/09/k... Subscribe to the blog for free occasional short pieces right to your inbox.

Karoline von Günderrode’s Notes: Where Did They Come From?

In which I explain a mystery in Günderrode scholarship. Please cite me if you quote or share information from this post. In 1975, Doris Hopp and Max Preitz published a selection of notes from Günde…

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From Günderrode’s philosophical essay “Idea of the Earth,” translated with its own intro in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings”: academic.oup.com/book/62113 Günderrode bases her account of identity & consciousness as well as human emotions & relationships on this metaphysical model!

All the Greek literature discourse has reminded me of this classic retelling (by my nephew) of Orestes’ exile. Transcript: 30am: Orestes was exiled on March 26BC. Figure 1: “FINE!!! YOU SHUT UP!!!!” Figure 2: “hurry up and just get on boat” Figure 3: “just shut up!!!! Orestes!!”

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A translation of Karoline von Günderrode's poem "Muhammad's Dream in the Desert" - with an intro that sketches how Günderrode mobilises early nineteenth century Christian, Romantic, medical and alchemical tropes to share her vision of prophecy: acezekiel.com/2021/10/18/k...

Karoline von Günderrode, “Muhammad’s Dream in the Desert”

This poem was published in Günderrode’s first collection of poetry, dialogues and short stories, Poems and Fantasies, which appeared in 1804. Unlike Günderrode’s play Muhammad, the Prop…

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Been gone 3 weeks and changed my hair colour. One of the cats doesn’t know who I am and is scared of me😭

A translation of Karoline von Günderrode's poem "Muhammad's Dream in the Desert" - with an intro that sketches how Günderrode mobilises early nineteenth century Christian, Romantic, medical and alchemical tropes to share her vision of prophecy: acezekiel.com/2021/10/18/k...

Karoline von Günderrode, “Muhammad’s Dream in the Desert”

This poem was published in Günderrode’s first collection of poetry, dialogues and short stories, Poems and Fantasies, which appeared in 1804. Unlike Günderrode’s play Muhammad, the Prop…

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Professorship! The European University Institute (my PhD alma mater) in Florence, Italy, is seeking a new Chair in Intellectual History, 1500–Present. Deadline: 10 September www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

More work by women in philosophy! Texts connecting with Idealism, Romanticism, Schelling; themes of ethics, politics, friendship, life after death & more. A list of all English translations I know of work by German philosopher & poet Karoline von Günderrode: acezekiel.com/2026/06/13/e...

English Translations of Karoline von Günderrode’s Works

For your convenience and reading pleasure, a list of all the English translations I could find of Günderrode’s published and unpublished works, arranged alphabetically by German title. (For a list …

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I created this bibliography of works by and about Karoline von Günderrode - if you're interested in German Idealism, Romanticism, or philosophical literature I hope this will be a useful resource! And let me know if I've missed anything: acezekiel.com/__bibliograp...

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“For a long time it had been clear to me that justice is the basis of civil society and morality the basis of human society. These two relations once satisfied me; I sought to bring all the p…

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Any suggestions for a journal that might be interested in a paper on monism, miracles, and political theology in Spinoza and Schelling?

This piece on why we should take Karoline von Günderrode seriously as a philosopher began as a response to a reviewer whose only comment on a rejected paper was: "Günderrode's work is not philosophically significant." The journal accepted my paper - read on to see why: acezekiel.com/2020/12/29/w...

Why We Should Read Günderrode as a Philosopher

The question of why we should read Karoline von Günderrode (1780-1806) as a philosopher is only a specific instance of the question about the value of studying historical women’s writing in general…

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Feels like ages but just a few years: In this blog post I argued for why we needed to study Karoline von Günderrode's works for their philosophical ideas and not focus on her admittedly fascinating life, loves, and suicide: acezekiel.com/2020/11/17/w...

Why I Don’t Want to Talk About Günderrode’s Suicide

Karoline von Günderrode killed herself on 26 July 1806, after receiving a letter from the married Georg Friedrich Creuzer ending their affair. This event, and its spectacular circumstances (she sta…

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Open access article on the reception of Kant with women philosophers; a good starting point for thinking about Günderrode & Kant: My “Karoline von Günderrode’s Responses to Kant on Knowledge & Bildung” in Symphilosophie 6: Romanticism & Its Kantian Legacy (2024): symphilosophie.com/wp-content/u...

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