Der Streit der Facultäten in drey Abschnitten von Immanuel Kant. Königsberg: Friedrich Nicolovius, 1798.

KANT, Immanuel

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First edition. This book brought together three essays previously written by Kant but blocked by the Religionsexaminations-Kommission headed by the Prussian censor-in-chief, Johan Christoph Wöllner. Following the death of Frederick Willhelm II in November 1797 and the consequent sacking of Wöllner, their publication as "The Conflict of the Faculties" became possible. In the Introduction Kant gives the full text of a 1794 letter of reprimand by Frederick Willhelm and his own answer. He also rejoices that there is now enlightened government again, releasing the human spirit from its chains. 'What follows is a mixed bag. Even though Kant tried to unify these three disparate themes into a book, it is only the first essay [on the relation between the philosophical and the theological faculties] that deals with such a conflict. The second is indeed an interesting essay [on whether the human race is progressing] but whether it amounts to a discussion of the relation between the faculty of philosophy and the faculty of law may be doubted. The third essay [ostensibly on the conflict between philosophy and medicine] is highly interesting for understanding Kant's own view of life and death' (Kuehn, Kant, A Biography, pp. 404-6). Warda 193, Adickes 96a. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xxx, 205 pp., contemporary blue boards, rubbed, spine somewhat darkened with red label lettered gilt and shelf sticker, bookplate on front pastedown, uniform light browning and occasional spots, no stamps or inscriptions, a good copy, from the library of the statesman Wilhelm Ludwig Leopold Freiherr von Berstett (1769-1837), with his bookplate. Seller Inventory # ABE-1560853116664

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