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Book SynopsisReinhold's Letters on the Kantian Philosophy is arguably the most influential book ever written concerning Kant. This volume presents the first English translation of the work, together with an introduction that sets it in its philosophical and historical contexts.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The need for a Critique of Reason; 2. The result of the Kantian philosophy on the question of God's existence; 3. The result of the Critique of Reason concerning the necessary connection between morality and religion; 4. On the elements and the previous course of conviction in the basic truths of religion; 5. The result of the Critique of Reason concerning the future life; 6. Continuation of the preceding letter: the united interests of religion and morality in the clearing away of the metaphysical ground for cognition of a future life; 7. A sketch of a history of reason's psychological concept of a simple thinking substance; 8. Continuation of the preceding letter: the master key to the rational psychology of the Greeks; Appendix: the major additions in the 1790 edition.
