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By Immanuel Kant, Arnulf Zweig

Drawn from the Prussian Academy version of Kant's accrued works, those letters give the chance to track the improvement of Kant's suggestion from his earliest concerns in regards to the issues mentioned within the Critique of natural Reason to his makes an attempt in later lifestyles to fulfill the objections of his critics and erstwhile disciples.  "Perhaps the most important worth of those writings is their demonstration of Kant's personal angle in the direction of his philosophical works."—Paul Arthur Schilpp, Saturday Review

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His letter to Kant of December 8, 1770 [62], contains some interesting remarks on space and time, but for some reason Kant did not take his criticisms as seriously as he did those of Lambert and Mendelssohn. 3 Neues Organon oder Gedanken über die Erforschung und Bezeichnung des Wahren und dessen Unterscheidung vom Irrthum und Schein ("New Organon, or Thoughts on the Discovery and Designation of Truth and its Differentiation from Error and Appearance") (Leipzig, 1764). iss ("Oudine of Architectonic, or Theory of the Simple and Primary Elements of Philosophical and Mathematical Knowledge") (Riga, 1 7 7 1 ) .

3 The famous Encyclopedic ou Dictionnaire Raisonee des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers ( 1 7 5 1 ) . 4 The article, "Beau," is by Diderot. In its historical introduction, there is a discussion of Francis Hutcheson's aesthetics. 5 N . A. " 36 • From J. G. Hamann, July 27, I J 5 9 natural rights; he knew nothing but generous tendencies in himself and in me. You have it, this final contempt is a leftover bit of love for you. Let yourself be warned and let me parrot Sappho: Ah, send me back my wanderer, Ye Nisaean matrons and Nisaean maids, Nor let the lies of his bland tongue deceive you!

1 2 1 . 22 From the eighth stanza of the song, "Sei Lob und Ehr' dem Höchsten Gut," by the famous Johann Schütz (1640-90). 23 Gen. 1 1 : 7 - 9 . From J. H. Lambert, November 13,1765 • 43 circumlocutions. I need no such artificial mannerisms, since Professor and Pastor Reccard's 1 trip to Königsberg gives me such a fine opportunity to express to you the pleasure I feel at our agreement on so many new thoughts and investigations. You may already have learned from the Reverend Dr. Reccard, dear sir, that he lives for the sake of astronomy, and finds his pleasure in the depths of the firmament.

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