The aim of dissertation is to present Franz Albert Pellzhofer work Neu-entdeckte Staats-Klugheit in hundert politischen Reden (1710). The basic theoretical premise is to analyze work through the lens of cultural history of the political. The analysis of the work, on the one hand, follows the development of Pelzhoffer's political thought, and on the other hand, various examples of his intellectual imaginary (ways of presenting ideas, rhetorical preconditions for convincing readers, working with examples). After introductory presentations of his biography and bibliography, as well as the state of his research, the paper focuses on the discovery of a hitherto unknown reprint of his work. Part of work which deals with his mental imaginary (mainly through rhetoric and toposa historia magistra vitae), is followed by a presentation of some of the most important themes of his political thought.
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