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Book SynopsisThis anthology brings together 26 readings from the classic works of German Idealist philosophy. The four towering figures - Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Schelling - are given extensive coverage, while the work of Schiller is also included.
Trade ReviewThis is a welcome and helpful collection of key texts by the four great German Idealists which will be a very valuable resource for students and teachers alike. -- Stephen Houlgate, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick This is a welcome and helpful collection of key texts by the four great German Idealists which will be a very valuable resource for students and teachers alike.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Self and Knowledge; 1. Kant: Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Deduction B; 2. Fichte: Science of Knowledge: First Introduction; 3. Schelling: 'Of the I as the Principle of Philosophy'; 4. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit: Introduction; II Freedom and Morality; 5. Kant: Critique of Practical Reason: Of the Principles of Pure Practical Reason; 6. Fichte: System of the Science of Ethics: Deduction of the Principle of Ethics; 7. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit: Lordship and Bondage; 8. Schelling: Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom: The Concept of Freedom; III Law and State; 9. Kant: Metaphysics of Morals: Introduction to the Doctrine of Right - The Right of a State; 10. Fichte: The Foundations of Natural Right: Selections; 11. Hegel: Elements of the Philosophy of Right: Civil Society; The State; IV Beauty and Art; 12. Kant: Critique of Judgement: Analytic of the Beautiful; 13. Schiller: On the Aesthetic Education of Man: Letters 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15; 14. Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism: Part VI (Essentials of the Philosophy of Art); 15. Hegel: Lectures on Aesthetics: Introduction; V History and Reason; 16. Kant: 'Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View'; 17. Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism: Deduction of the Concept of History; 18. Fichte: Characteristics of the Present Age: Lectures 1 and 2; 19. Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of World History: Introduction; VI Nature and Science; 20. Kant: Critique of Judgement: Critique of Teleological Judgement; 21. Schelling: Introduction to the Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature; 22. Hegel: Encyclopaedia: Philosophy of Nature: Introduction; VII God and Religion; 23. Kant: Critique of Practical Reason: The Existence of God as a Postulate of Pure Practical Reason; 24. Fichte: 'On the Foundation of Our Belief in a Divine Government of the World'; 25. Schelling: The Ages of the World: The Eternal Life of the Godhead; 26. Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion: The Relation of the Philosophy of Religion to the Current Principles of the Religious Consciousness; The Concept of Religion: Select Bibliography; Index.
