|aSelf-generation :|bbiology, philosophy, and literature around 1800 /|cHelmut Muller-Sievers.
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|aStanford, Calif. :|bStanford University Press,|c1997.
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|a222 p. ;|c23 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-216) and index.
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|tIntroduction: the epigenetic turn --|tFrom preformation to epigenesis --|tSelf-generation in philosophy: Kant --|tSelf-generation of philosophy: Fichte --|tEpigenetic origin in language: Herder and Humboldt --|tMarriage and self-generation: Goethe with Beaumarchais.