Bøker av Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten

This classic philosophical work by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten explores the nature of reason and its role in academic pursuits. The author discusses the value of reason in academic thought and argues for the importance of cultivating rational thought in all aspects of life. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of philosophy and the role of reason in academic and intellectual pursuits.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book presents the first English translation of Alexander Baumgarten's Initia Philosophiae Practicae Primae, the textbook Kant used in his lectures on moral philosophy. Originally published in Latin in 1760, the Initia contains a systematic, but original version of the universal practical philosophy first articulated by Christian Wolff. In his personal copy, Kant penned hundreds of pages of notes and sketches that document his relation to this earlier tradition. Translating these extensive elucidations into English, together with Kant's notes on the text, this translation offers a complete resource to Kant's reading of the Initia. To facilitate further study, first-time translations of elucidatory passages from G. F. Meier and Wolff are also included, alongside a German-English-Latin glossary. The translators' introduction provides a biography of Baumgarten, a discussion of the importance of the Initia, its relation to Wolff's and Meier's universal practical philosophy and its role in Kant's lectures. By shedding new light on the arguments of Kant's mature works and offering insights into his pre-Critical moral thought, Elements of First Practical Philosophyreveals why Baumgarten's work is essential for understanding the background to Kant's philosophy

Die "Metaphysik" von Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, zuerst in lateinischer Sprache 1739 erschienen, war seinerzeit eines der verbreitetsten Philosophie-Lehrbücher. Auch Immanuel Kant legte es seinen Metaphysik-Vorlesungen zu Grunde. Nach Baumgartens Tod übersetzte sein Schüler Georg Friedrich Meier das Werk; und 1783 wurde es nochmals von Johann August Eberhard mit Kommentaren herausgegeben. Die vorliegende Ausgabe gibt den Text der Ausgabe 1783, mit allen Abweichungen zur Ausgabe von 1739. Ergänzt wird der Text durch eine Einführung von Dagmar Mirbach, eine Konkordanz zur lateinischen Ausgabe und durch eine Bibliographie der Werke Baumgartens.