Correspondence (the Cambridge Edition Of The Works Of Immanuel Kant)

This is a most complete English edition of Kant's correspondence. The letters are concerned with philosophical and scientific topics but many also treat personal, historical and cultural matters. On one level the letters chart Kant's philosophical development. On another level they expose quirks and foibles, and reveal a good deal about Kant's friendships and philosophical battles with some of the prominent thinkers of the time: Herder, Hamann, Mendelssohn and Fichte. What emerges from these pages is a vivid picture of the intellectual, religious and political currents of the late eighteenth-century Prussia, in which there is much to be learnt about topics such as censorship, and the changing status of Jews and women in Europe. Amongst the special features of this volume are: a substantial introduction, detailed explanatory notes, a glossary, and biographical sketches of correspondents and people referred to in the letters This is the most complete English edition of Kant's correspondence that has ever been compiled. The letters are concerned with philosophical and scientific topics but many also treat personal, historical, and cultural matters. On one level the letters chart Kant's philosophical development. On another level they expose quirks and foibles, and reveal a good deal about Kant's friendships and philosophical battles with some of the prominent thinkers of the time: Herder, Hamann, Mendelssohn, and Fichte. Cover Title Page Copyright Contents General Editors' Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Letters before 1770 1749 1759 1762 1763 1765 1766 1768 1769 Letters 1770-1780 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1776 1777 1778 1779 Letters 1781-1789 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 Letters 1790-1794 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 Letters 1795-1800 1795 1796 1797 1798 1800 Declaration concerning Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre Biographical Sketches Glossary Index of Persons