By Brian O'Connor
ISBN-10: 0226616711
ISBN-13: 9780226616711
Starting with the booklet of Kant’s Critique of natural cause and lengthening via to Hegel’s demise, the interval often called German Idealism signaled the top of an epoch of rationalism, empiricism, and enlightenment—and the start of a brand new “critical” interval of philosophy. the main accomplished anthology of this very important culture up to now, German Idealism brings jointly an expansive collection of readings from the tradition’s significant figures like Kant, Hegel, Fichte, and Schelling.Arranged thematically into sections on subject matters reminiscent of the relationships among self and information, freedom and morality, legislation and nation, and nature and technological know-how, to call a couple of, German Idealism discloses some of the contrasts that helped to tell apart all the tradition’s key thinkers. each one expertly translated textual content comes with a piece of writing advent to lead readers via the various difficulties the texts particularly care for, in addition to their old context.The so much obtainable and expansive creation to German Idealism ever, this anthology might be hailed through teachers and students because the such a lot accountable advisor to the culture for years yet to come. (20060920)
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This proposition holds good of all philosophy, and really did hold universally until the time of the Kantians and their facts of consciousness, and thus of inner experience. There can be no objection at all to the proposition here established: for the premise ofour argument is the mere analysis ofour proposed concept ofphilosophy, and it is from this that our conclusion follows. Should someone say perhaps that the concept of ground ought to be explained in some other way, we certainly cannot prevent him from thinking what he likes in using this expression: however, it is our right to declare that under the above description of philosophy we wish nothing to be understood beyond what has been said.
Er system, the presentations accompanied by the feeling ofnecessity are products ofthe intelligence which must be presupposed in their explanation; according to the latter, they are products of a thing-in-itself which must be assumed to precede them. Should someone wish to deny this proposition, he would have to prove either that there is a way, other than that ofabstraction, by which to rise above experience, or that the consciousness of experience consists of more constituents than the two mentioned.
Fichte 43 In pursuit ofmy academic duties, I at first wrote for my students in the classroom, where I had it in my power to continue with verbal explanations until I was understood. . in behalf of the matter which is in hand I entreat men to believe that it is not an opinion to be held, but a work to be done; and to be well assured that I am laboring to lay the foundation, not of any sect or doctrine, but of human utility and power. Next I ask that they fairly consult their common advantage, ...