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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 Philosophy__

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Author

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten; Immanuel Kant; Courtney D. Fugate; John Hymers

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474282673

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Humanities