The present commentary serves as a reader's guide to Schleiermacher's letters written between the years 1808-1810. It provides information on the people he corresponded with along with a chronological account of important events in Schleiermacher's life. It contains selected quotations from his letters set to the backdrop of specific events in Prussian and European history.

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Sarah Schmidt, Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.