
Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Mendelssohn: -- Kant: -- Introduction -- 1. Prologue: The Prize Essays -- 1. The Competition -- 2. The Certainty Of Mathematics In Mendelssohn And Kant -- 3. Mendelssohn And Kant On Metaphysical Knowledge -- 4. Mendelssohn's And Kant's Arguments For The Existence Of God -- 5. Mendelssohn And Kant On The Metaphysics Of Morality -- 6. Conclusion -- Part I. Metaphysics And Epistemology -- 2. Mendelssohn, Kant, And Proofs Of The Existence Of God In Kant's Pre-critical Period 1. From Idea To Reality -- 2. Mendelssohn's Prize Essay -- 3. Kant: From The New Exposition To The Only Possible Basis -- 4. Mendelssohn's Response To The Only Possible Basis -- 3. Proofs Of The Existence Of God In The Critique Of Pure Reason And Morning Hours -- 1. Kant: Critique Of Pure Reason -- 2. Mendelssohn's Morning Hours -- 4. Mendelssohn And Kant On The Immortality Of The Soul -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Argument Of Phaedo -- 3. Kant's Initial Assimilation Of Mendelssohn's Conception Of Immortality -- 4. Kant's Diminution Of The Postulate Of Personal Immortality 5. The Immortality Of The Species Rather Than The Person -- 5. Mendelssohn, Kant, And Idealism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mendelssohn, Kant, And The Transcendental Ideality Of Time -- 3. Mendelssohn's Refutation Of Idealism In The Morning Hours -- 4. Mendelssohn's Modest Epistemology -- 5. Kant's Transcendental Idealism And Transcendental Refutation Of Idealism -- Part Ii. Aesthetics -- 6 Mendelssohn's Aesthetics -- 7. Kant's Aesthetics -- 8. Mendelssohn's And Kant's Aesthetics Compared -- Part Iii. Religion, Politics, And History -- 9. Mendelssohn, Kant, And Enlightenment -- 1. Introduction 2. What Is Enlightenment? -- 3. What Does It Mean To Orient Oneself In Thinking? -- 10. Freedom Of Religion In Mendelssohn And Kant -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Locke -- 3. Mendelssohn -- 4. Kant On The Separation Of Church And State --
This work investigates the philosophical divergence and intellectual dialogue between Moses Mendelssohn and Immanuel Kant regarding the limits of human reason and the nature of experience. Paul Guyer, a prominent scholar of Kantian philosophy, utilizes primary texts from both thinkers—including prize essays, critiques, and correspondence—to map their competing frameworks on metaphysics, morality, and religion. The book argues that while both philosophers were central figures of the German Enlightenment, their differing approaches to idealism and rationalism fundamentally shaped the trajectory of modern philosophy.
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Scholars recognize this text as a rigorous, scholarly examination of the relationship between two of the most influential thinkers of the German Enlightenment. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is intended for students and researchers familiar with the technical terminology of Kantian and Mendelssohnian philosophy.
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Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
019188538X
ISBN-13:
9780191885389
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