The Philosophy of Kant

Many contemporaries criticized him for smashing the Age of Reason. Goethe, however, remarked that reading a page of Immanuel Kant was like entering a bright, well-lighted room: The great 18th-century philosopher illuminated everything he ever pondered. The 12 essays in this volume reveal Kant's towering importance as an ethical & social thinker as well as his enduring influence on the shape of philosophy. Included are excerpts from Dreams of a Visionary, Prolegomena to Every Future Metaphysics, Metaphysical Foundations of Morals, Critique of Judgement & Eternal Peace. As Professor Friedrich writes in his introduction to this volume: 'The problem of freedom, the freedom of the human personality to unfold & fulfill its higher destiny, is the central issue of all of Kant's philosophizing.

Author: Carl J Friedrich

Publisher: Modern Library

Released Date: 1949