By Brigitte Sassen
This publication deals first time translations of the preliminary (1781-1789) severe reactions to Kant's philosophy. additionally incorporated is a variety of writings via Kant's contemporaries who took at the job of protecting the serious philosophy opposed to early assaults. This assortment, which incorporates a word list of key words and biographical sketches of the critics on each side of the talk, is a big addition to Kant scholarship and will be obvious as a significant other quantity to the Cambridge version of the Works of Immanuel Kant.
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