Baumgarten's Elements of First Practical Philosophy
A Critical Translation with Kant's Reflections on Moral Philosophy Herausgeber: Fugate, Courtney D; Muchnik, Pablo; Hymers, John; Pasternack, Lawrence / Übersetzer: Fugate, Courtney D; Hymers, John
Baumgarten's Elements of First Practical Philosophy
A Critical Translation with Kant's Reflections on Moral Philosophy Herausgeber: Fugate, Courtney D; Muchnik, Pablo; Hymers, John; Pasternack, Lawrence / Übersetzer: Fugate, Courtney D; Hymers, John
This book presents the first English translation of Alexander Baumgarten's Initia Philosophiae Practicae Primae, the textbook Kant used in his lectures on moral philosophy. Originally published in Latin in 1760, the Initia contains a systematic, but original version of the universal practical philosophy first articulated by Christian Wolff. In his personal copy, Kant penned hundreds of pages of notes and sketches that document his relation to this earlier tradition. Translating these extensive elucidations into English, together with Kant's notes on the text, this translation offers a complete…mehr
This book presents the first English translation of Alexander Baumgarten's Initia Philosophiae Practicae Primae, the textbook Kant used in his lectures on moral philosophy. Originally published in Latin in 1760, the Initia contains a systematic, but original version of the universal practical philosophy first articulated by Christian Wolff. In his personal copy, Kant penned hundreds of pages of notes and sketches that document his relation to this earlier tradition. Translating these extensive elucidations into English, together with Kant's notes on the text, this translation offers a complete resource to Kant's reading of the Initia. To facilitate further study, first-time translations of elucidatory passages from G. F. Meier and Wolff are also included, alongside a German-English-Latin glossary. The translators' introduction provides a biography of Baumgarten, a discussion of the importance of the Initia, its relation to Wolff's and Meier's universal practical philosophy and its role in Kant's lectures. By shedding new light on the arguments of Kant's mature works and offering insights into his pre-Critical moral thought, Elements of First Practical Philosophy reveals why Baumgarten's work is essential for understanding the background to Kant's philosophy.
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten was born in Berlin on 17 June 1714 to Jacob Baumgarten, a Protestant evangelical preacher, and Rosina Elizabeth, née Wiedemannin. After being raised in the pietistic communities of Berlin and later Halle, Baumgarten was among the first to teach the controversial philosophy of Christian Wolff (1769-1764). By order of the king, he moved to Frankfurt on the Order in 1739, where he remained until his death in 1762. While at Frankfurt, Baumgarten wrote his most influential philosophical works: Metaphysics (1739), Philosophical Ethics (1740), and Aesthetics (2 Vols, 1750 & 1757). It is as formulated in these works that the Leibniz-Wolff tradition was chiefly communicated to later German philosophers, including Immanuel Kant. Today Baumgarten is also regarded as a central founder of modern aesthetics.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction A Note on the Translation A Brief Bibliography and Guide for Further Reading Introduction to First Practical Philosophy with Kant's Elucidations Kant's Notes to Baumgarten's Introduction English-German-Latin Glossary Name and Subject Indices
Introduction A Note on the Translation A Brief Bibliography and Guide for Further Reading Introduction to First Practical Philosophy with Kant's Elucidations Kant's Notes to Baumgarten's Introduction English-German-Latin Glossary Name and Subject Indices
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