Immanuel Kant

This volume provides Werner Pluhar's masterful rendering of Kant's major work on religion, an illuminating introduction by Stephen Palmquist, a selected bibliography, notes, glossary and a detailed index.

Umfassend zeigt Eisler, wie Kant über die Probleme von den ersten bis zu den letzten Zeiten seiner philosophischen Arbeit gedacht hat. Durch kurze, zusammenfassende und erläuternde Einleitungen bei größeren Artikeln wird die Übersichtlichkeit des Zusammenhangs gefördert. Bei jedem Stichwort wird auf andere verwiesen, unter denen sich noch Einschlägiges finden läßt. Philosophisch bedeutsame Stellen werden kurz zitiert.

A Monumental Figure of Western Thought Wrestles with the Question of GodImmanuel Kant (1724-1804) is one of the most influential philosophers in the history of Western philosophy. His contributions have had a profound impact on almost every philosophical movement that followed him. Kant's teachings on religion were unorthodox in that they were based on rationality rather than revelation. Though logically proving God's existence might be impossible, it is morally reasonable to "act as if there be a God." His strictly rational approach was considered so scandalous that the King of Prussia forbid him to teach or write further on religious subjects, which Kant obeyed until the king's death. A work of major importance in the history of Western religious thought, Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone represents a great philosopher's attempt to spell out the form and content of a type of religion grounded in moral reason and meeting the needs of an ethical life.