Lectures on Metaphysics (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant in Translation) (Paperback)

by Immanuel Kant (Author), Karl Ameriks (Translator), Steve Naragon (Translator) "354. It is necessary that the finitude of the world, which is yet to be proven, is brought into the definition..." (more)
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"One cannot read through these lecture notes without being struck by the fact that they provide extraordinary insight into the core of Kant's philosophy. That this volume represents the first ever translation into English of the notes from Kant's lectures on Metaphysics, together with the many aids to schlorashp provided, is sufficient in itself to recommend it, but the potential contribution it contains in terms of interpretating Kant's published works makes it absolutely essential. The translators and series editors have here provided an invaluable aid to the advance of English-speaking Kant scholarship." John Goodreau, Review

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The purpose of the Cambridge Edition is to offer translations of the best modern German edition of Kant's work in a uniform format suitable for Kant scholars. This volume contains the first translation into English of notes from Kant's lectures on metaphysics. These lectures, dating from the 1760's to the 1790's, touch on all the major topics and phases of Kant's philosophy. Most of these notes have appeared only recently in the German Academy Edition and this translation offers many corrections of that edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 696 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521000769
• ISBN-13: 978-0521000765
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #352,161 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If Kant is Your Haupt Mann This is Your Book, March 1, 1999

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This review is from: Lectures on Metaphysics (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant in Translation) (Hardcover)

I laughed. I cried. What a brilliant translation of Kant's work! Every subtelty, every nauance of the big guys thought brought to sparkling light and clarity. A must for all serious scholars of this German thinker. I raise my glass of tepid water to this magnum opus.

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5 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, A Kant Book That Kan, April 4, 2001

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This review is from: Lectures on Metaphysics (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant in Translation) (Hardcover)

How long have the myriad metaphysiphiles in global academe waited for an astute, detailed, precisely annotated, intensely careful translation from the original German of Kant's very own brilliant lectures? This book is, to any serious Kant scholar or meta-groupie, as my collegues and I only mildly jocularly refer to ourselves as well as other devotees of Kant's metaphysics, the land of milk and honey, well seasoned by a plethora of footnote gracefully placed upon footnote. Losing ones "Self" in the densely layered forest of meaning and annotations is a philosopher's uberdream.

Neitzche was a fool! Kant lives on!