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## Abstract In this paper, I shall draw attention to an as yet unpublished excerpt of a part of Kant’s __Religionsschrift__ (Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone) written by an unknown author that has been found in Schiller’s literary remains, labelled by the Goethe-Schiller-Archiv as ‘general working material’. A note on the excerpt itself marks it as pertaining to the first edition of Kant’s text. A few questions arise from that find: First, which parts of Kant’s text does the excerpt represent? Secondly, does it really refer to the first edition of the __Religionsschrift__? Thirdly and fourthly, who authored it and how did it get into Schiller’s hands? I shall answer the first two questions by providing a tentative transcription based on which I am going to argue that the excerpt treats the first pages of the first part of Kant’s __Religionsschrift__ and does not refer to the first, but indeed the second edition from 1794. As far as the last two questions are concerned, no definitive answer can be given. Instead I detail Schiller’s endeavours and personal contacts around the time of the publication of the __Religionsschrift’s__ second edition, which might provide some clue

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Author

Niklas Sommer

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2023

Field

Social Sciences