Entdeckung der wahren Ursache von der wunderbahren Vermehrung des Getreydes

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.