Synthesized answer
The provided passages do not specify what questions remain unanswered in Herder's *Ideas for the Philosophy of History of Humanity*.
The passages describe the breadth of topics covered in the *Ideas*, including the formation of the earth and solar system, species change, race, the immortality of the soul, the establishment of society, the pursuit of happiness, the unity and purpose of history, human nature, and culture [1, 2]. However, they do not detail any specific questions that Herder posed but left unanswered.
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n the cosmic order, an examination of what was beginning to be called “culture,” and a narrative of cultural progress across time among different peoples. Along the way, Herder considers a dizzying variety of topics, including the formation of the earth and solar system, species change, race, the immortality of the soul, the establishment of society, and the pursuit of happiness. Above all, the Ideas is an anthropology—what Alexander Pope had termed an “essay on man”—pervaded by an appropriately humane spirit. A fresh and much-needed modern translation of the complete Ideas, this volume…
Title: Ideas for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind by Johann Gottfried Herder Description: One of the most important works of the Enlightenment—in the first new, unabridged English translation in more than two centuries Published in four volumes between 1784 and 1791, Herder’s Ideas for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind is one of the most important works of the Enlightenment—a bold, original, and encyclopedic synthesis of, and contribution to, the era’s philosophical debates over nature, history, culture, and the very meaning of human experience. This is the first new,…