Description: Metaphysische Anfangsrunde der Tugendlehre von Immanuel Kant. Zweite verbesserte Auflage. Königsberg, Friedrich Nicolovius, 1803. Original binding, 188 pp + ii, 8 x 5", 8vo. In fair condition. Original paper boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Heads and tail of original paper spine bumped, but intact. Tea or water staining exhibited on front board, scattered. Paper wraps chipped at bottom corner of front board. Original spine toned from shelf-wear; title label chipped around edges but remains legible. Previous sticker residue exhibited at tail of spine. Front board bumped at fore-edge. Water dampness staining found on front paste-down, title page, and first leaf of preface. Text-block shows normal shelf-wear; pages are rippled. Cording exposed between pages 16 and 17. Original binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy, being called the "father of modern ethics," "father of modern aesthetics," and by bringing together rationalism and empiricism, the "father of modern philosophy." In his doctrine of transcendental idealism, Kant argued that space and time are mere "forms of intuition" that structure all experience and that the objects of experience are mere "appearances." Kant's Metaphysische Anfangsrunde der Tugendlehre (Metaphysical Beginnings of the Doctrine of Virtue) was published in the first edition in 1797 and in the second, improved edition in 1803 as the second part of the Die Metaphysik der Sitten (Metaphysics of Morals). The other part of the Die Metaphysic der Sitten is Rechtslehre (Doctrine of Right). The Doctrine of Virtue concerns the system of moral duties which bind each individual. Kant particularly emphasizes treating humanity as an end in itself. The duties are analytically treated by Kant, who distinguishes duties towards ourselves from duties towards others (perfect and imperfect duties). Kant believes imperfect duties allow a latitudo, i.e., the possibility of choosing maxims. The perfect duties, instead, do not cause any latitudo. This second and improved edition was revised by Kant & published before his death. RAREE1803DQRQ04/24 - HK1395
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Language: German
Author: Immanuel Kant
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Topic: Philosophy
Subject: Ethics
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