Kant's Latin Writings, Translations, Commentaries, and NotesKant's extant Latin works fall into two groups. First, there are the four academic dissertations which Kant presented to the University and which led him slowly up the rungs of the academic ladder to his full professorship in 1770. They are: "Meditations on Fire" (his Ph.D. dissertation), the "New Exposition of the First Principles of Metaphysical knowledge" (his dissertation for appointment as Privatdozent), "Physical Monadology" (a dissertation submitted in support of Kant's first application for a professorship, which was unsuccessful), and "The Form and Principles of the Sensible and the Intelligible World" (the Inaugural Dissertation of 1770). These works are of absolutely central importance for understanding Kant's mature philosophy, which begins with the "Critique of Pure Reason." The second group consists of two shorter papers: a rectoral address on philosophy and mental health, and a disputation on rhetorical and aesthetic questions presented at a promotion of a former student to a professorship. These are interesting evidence of the breadth of Kant's interests, and are important for the understanding of his treatment of related subjects in the larger German works available in English translation. |
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General Introduction Lewis White Beck | 7 |
Succinct Exposition of some Meditations on Fire | 21 |
A New Exposition of the First Principles | 47 |
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