This is the first full-length biography of Immanuel Kant in more than fifty years.

This is a biography of Immanuel Kant.

Autorentext
Manfred Kühn, geboren 1947, war Professor für Philosophie an der Purdue University in den USA und in Marburg. Er lehrt jetzt an der Boston University. Neben vielen Arbeiten über Kant hat er Bücher und Aufsätze über David Hume, Thomas Reid und die Aufklärung in Schottland, Frankreich und Deutschland veröffentlicht.

Klappentext

This is the first full-length biography of Immanuel Kant in more than fifty years.

Zusammenfassung
This is the first full-length biography in more than fifty years of Immanuel Kant, one of the giants amongst the pantheon of Western philosophers as well as the one with the most powerful and broad influence on contemporary philosophy.

Inhalt

Chronology of Kant's life and work; Prologue and epilogue, 'As You Like It'; 1. Childhood and early youth (1724-1740); 2. Student and private teacher (1740-1755); 3. The elegant magister (1755-1764); 4. Palingenesis and its consequences (1764-1769); 5. Silent years (1770-1780); 6. 'All-crushing' critic of metaphysics (1780-1784); 7. Founder of a metaphysics of morals (1784-1787); 8. Problems with religion and politics (1788-1795); 9. The old man (1796-1804); Bibliography.