The Critique of Pure Reason; The Critique of Practical Reason and Other Ethical Treatises; The Critique of Judgement

by Immanuel Kant

Publishers:

Encyclopedia Britannica; Robert P. Gwinn

, 1990

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“These unavoidable problems of mere pure reason are God, freedom (of will), and immortality. The science which, with all its preliminaries, has for its especial object the solution of these problems is named metaphysics—a science which is at the very outset dogmatical, that is, it confidently takes upon itself the execution of this task without any previous investigation of the ability or inability of reason for such an undertaking.” (Page 15)

“Men are thus honestly served; but this is not enough to make us believe that the tradesman has so acted from duty and from principles of honesty: his own advantage required it; it is out of the question in this case to suppose that he might besides have a direct inclination in favour of the buyers, so that, as it were, from love he should give no advantage to one over another. Accordingly the action was done neither from duty nor from direct inclination, but merely with a selfish view.” (Page 258)

“That all our knowledge begins with experience there can be no doubt.” (Page 14)

“Duty is the necessity of acting from respect for the law.” (Page 259)

“They are subjective, or maxims, when the condition is regarded by the subject as valid only for his own will, but are objective, or practical laws, when the condition is recognized as objective, that is, valid for the will of every rational being.” (Page 297)

Product Details

• Title: The Critique of Pure Reason; The Critique of Practical Reason and Other Ethical Treatises; The Critique of Judgement
• Author: Immanuel Kant
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Great Books of the Western World
• Volume: 39
• Publishers: Encyclopedia Britannica, Robert P. Gwinn
• Print Publication Date: 1990
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Philosophy
• ISBNs: 0852295316, 9780852295311
• Resource ID: LLS:GBWW39
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:11:34Z

About Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher from Königsberg, researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology during and at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment. At the time, there were major successes and advances in physical science using reason and logic. But this stood in sharp contrast to the scepticism and lack of agreement or progress in empiricist philosophy.