Weischedel Wilhelm Libri

German

Kant seeks to define the nature of reason itself and builds his own unique system of philosophical thought with an approach known as transcendental idealism.

Die Metaphysik der Sitten in zwei Teilen (Königsberg: Friedrich Nicolovius, 1797); 2nd edition: 1798. [Ak. 6:205-355, 373-493] “The Metaphysics of Morals.” Translated by Mary J. Gregor in Immanuel Kant, Practical Philosophy, edited by Mary J. Gregor (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), pp. 365-603. The two parts were published separately (in January and August, respectively): Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Rechtslehre (235 pp) and Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Tugendlehre (190 pp). The following year, apart from a scarcely altered second edition of the Rechtslehre (which does, however, include an appendix that replies to Bouterwek’s review of the Rechtslehre that appeared 18 Feb 1797) Kant also published: Erläuternde Anmerkungen zu den metaphysischen Anfangsgründen der Rechtslehre (Königsberg: Friedrich Nicolovius, 1798), 31 pp. [Ak. 6:356-72]. “Explanatory Notes on the Metaphysical Foundations of the Doctrine of Right.” The Rechtslehre suffered from some textual corruptions at the printers [Mautner 1981]; a reconstruction of the text has been attempted in Bern Ludwig’s recent edition (Hamburg: Meiner Verlag, 1986).

34 große Philosophen in Alltag und Denken - Die philosophische Hintertreppe - bk356; Nymphenburger Verlag; Wilhelm Weischedel; Paperback; 1980