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Paul Guyer presents the first in-depth examination of the lifelong intellectual relationship between two of the greatest figures of the European Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant and Moses Mendelssohn. He explores their influence on each other and their disagreements, with particular focus on metaphysics, religion, and aesthetics.
List of contents
- 1: Prologue: The Two Prize Essays
- Part I: Metaphysics and Epistemology
- 2: Mendelssohn, Kant, and Proofs of the Existence of God in Kant's Pre-critical Period
- 3: Proofs of the Existence of God in the Critique of Pure Reason and Morning Hours
- 4: Mendelssohn and Kant on the Immortality of the Soul
- 5: Mendelssohn, Kant, and the 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
- 10: Mendelssohn and Kant on Religious Liberty
- 11: Judaism, Christianity, and the Religion of Pure Reason
- 12: Mendelssohn, Kant, and the Possibility of Progress
About the author
Paul Guyer is Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at Brown University. He received his AB and PhD from Harvard University. Prior to moving to Brown in 2012, he taught for thirty years at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author, editor, and/or translator of twenty-seven books, many on the philosophy of Kant. He was the General Co-Editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant. Guyer has been president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association and the American Society of Aesthetics. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Paul Guyer presents the first in-depth examination of the lifelong intellectual relationship between two of the greatest figures of the European Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant and Moses Mendelssohn. He explores their influence on each other and their disagreements, with particular focus on metaphysics, religion, and aesthetics.
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