Socrates meets Kant : the Father of Philosophy meets his most influential modern child ; a socratic cross-examination or Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals/ by Peter Kreeft

Immanuel Kant is one of the greatest philosophers in history. But, as Peter Kreeft notes in this book, Kant is really two philosophers - a philosopher about how we know things (epistemology) and a philosopher of right and wrong (ethics). If he had written only on either topic, he would still be the most important and influential of the modern philosophers. The combination of the two, though, makes for a formidable thinker, one it would take a figure such as the Father of Philosophy, the relentless Socrates, to confront. Confront he does, in Peter Kreeft's next installment of the popular Socrates Meets series. Set in the afterlife, the conversation between the two great minds lays out the key issues. Kreeft's Socrates reflects what the historical philosopher would likely have made of Kant's ideas, while also recognizing the greatness, genius, and insightfulness of Kant. The result of their dialogues is a helpful, highly readable, even amusing book, useful for beginner as well as master. Kant's philosophy of knowing truly is a ''Copernican revolution in philosophy'' as he dubbed it. His ethics was intended to set out the rational grounds for morality. Did he achieve his goals? What would Socrates say about the matter? Dr. Kreeft has written a book no student of modern thought should be without. Introducing Kant Himself -- Kant's Place In The History Of Philosophy -- Haunted By Hume -- The Fundamental Question Of The Critique Of Pure Reason -- Kant's Big Idea : His Copernican Revolution In Philosophy -- Is Kant's Copernican Revolution Self-contradictory? -- The Sexual Analogy For Knowledge And The Ambiguity Of Phenomena -- The Antinomies Of Pure Reason -- God -- The Single, Simple Purpose And Point Of The Grounding For The Metaphysics Of Morals -- The Starting Point : A Good Will -- What Make A Good Will Good? Duty Versus Inclination -- The Call For Purity Of Motive -- The First Formulation Of The Categorical Imperative : The Golden Rule -- The Second Formulation Of The Categorical Imperative : Personalism -- The Third Formulation Of The Categorical Imperative : The Autonomy Of The Will -- Free Will -- Kant's Philosophy Of Religion And Politics. By Peter Kreeft.