description: =Dreams of a Spirit-Seer/The difference between regions in space Träume eines Geistersehers, erläutert durch Träume der Metaphysik (Königsberg: Johann Jakob Kanter, 1766), 128pp. [Ak.2:317-73][1]. Published anonymously. “Dreams of a Spirit-Seer Elucidated by Dreams of Metaphysics.” Trans. by David Walford &amp; Ralf Meerbote in Kant, Theoretical Philosophy 1755-70 (Cambridge Univ. Press, '92), pp.305-59. Kanter submitted the published book to a university censor on 1/31/1766. Kant admitted authorship, sending it to Moses Mendelssohn &amp; others in Berlin. Mendelssohn responded negatively in a lost letter. Kant’s reply of 4/8/1766 (#37, Ak. 10:69-73; English trans. in Zweig '99, 89ff) offers insights into his understanding of the work. Walford notes ('92, lxviii) that apart from Kanter's printing, thought most reliable, it was printed twice more in 1766 by Johann Fridrich Hartknoch (Riga &amp; Mitau).[1] Kanter was fined 10 rthl. for not submitting the manuscript for censoring prior to printing. Appealing to the Academic Senate, he noted the difficulties of submitting a written manuscript, since it was illegible &amp; because it had been sent to him sheet by sheet from Goldap, where Kant vacationed, for typesetting, such that it hardly existed until printed [Dietzsch '03, 91, quoting the minutes]. Kant thus appears to have finished it during December break on Daniel Friedrich von Lossow's estate.
language: German
title: Träume eines Geistersehers/Der Unterschied der Gegenden im Raume
titlecomplete: Träume eines Geistersehers/Der Unterschied der Gegenden im Raume (Philosophische Bibliothek 286)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Meiner Felix Verlag