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Volume 1: TP + [III]-xxxvi = Vorrede + XXXVIII- LVI = Inhalt + [1]-784; Volume 2: TP + [III]-XXVI = Inhalt + [1]-834 + [835]-[836] = Druckfehler (Misprints), Octavo. First Edition. This is Teten's major which was written while he was a professor at Kiel. Tentens was educated at the universities of Rostock and Copenhagen and was professor of philosophy and mathematics at the Univeristy of Keil from 1776 to 1789 - after which he embarked on a brilliant career as a senior financial official in Copenhagen.The present work "was an extended inquiry into the origins and structure of knowledge. [Tetens] distinguished three faculties of the human mind: understanding, free will and feeling of pleasures and pains. He stressed the independence of the third faculty from the first two. The three may be reducible to one, but if so, according to Tetens, we cannot know it… Tetens discussed with great insight many other extremely complicated problems in metaphysics, ethics, the philosophy of education and the philosophy of language. His Philosophische Versuche exerted a tremendous influence on Kant when he was writing the Critique of Pure Reason, and the many similarities between their doctrines are evident. Teten's doctrines may be compared to Kant's even in their speculative power and importance." (EP, Vol. VIII, p. 96) Beautifully preserved contemporary full sheep bindings. Spines with five gilt-ruled raised bands and two contrasting gilt-lettered labels - titles C. L. S 1784" with an addition four lines of inked text in volume 1 describing the gift of the books. Scattered browning and foxing throughout but, make no mistake, these are absolutely gorgeous copies of this important and influential work. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Seller Inventory # 874
Bibliographic Details
Title: Philosophische Versuche über die menschliche...
Publisher: M. G. Wiedmanns Erben und Reich, Leipzig
Publication Date: 1777
Edition: FIRST EDITION.
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