Observations on the feeling of the beautiful and sublime and other writings
By: Immanuel Kant ; edited and translated by Patrick Frierson, Paul Guyer ; with an introduction by Patrick Frierson
Contributors: Frierson, Patrick R., 1974-; Guyer, Paul, 1948-
Series: Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy; Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780521884129
Subjects: The Sublime; Philosophy
Work titles: Selections
Description: This volume collects Kant's most important ethical and anthropological writings from the 1760s, before he developed his critical philosophy. The materials presented here range from the Observations, one of Kant's most elegantly written and immediately popular texts, to the accompanying Remarks which Kant wrote in his personal copy of the Observations and which are translated here in their entirety for the first time. This edition also includes little-known essays as well as personal notes and fragments that reveal the emergence of Kant's complex philosophical ideas. Those familiar with Kant's later works will discover a Kant interested in the 'beauty' as well as the 'dignity' of humanity, in human diversity as well as the universality of morals, and in practical concerns rather than abstract philosophizing. Readers will be able to see Kant's development from the Observations through the Remarks towards the moral philosophy that eventually made him famous.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the German.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover13;; title: Contents13;; title: Introduction; title: Chronology; title: Further reading; title: Note on the texts; title: Thoughts on the Occasion ofMr. Johann Friedrich von Funks Untimely Death; title: Observations on the Feelingof the Beautiful and Sublime13;; title: Remarks in the Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime; title: Essay on the Maladies of the Head13;; title: Inquiry Concerning the Distinctness of the Principles of Natural Theology and Morality13;; title: M. Immanuel Kants Announcement of the program of his Lectures for the Winter Semester 1765-176613;; title: Herders Notes from Kants Lectures on Ethics; title: Selected Notes and Fragments from the 1760s13;; title: Index