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This page intentionally left blank CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY REINHOLD Letters on the Kantian Philosophy CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Serieseditors KARL AMERIKS ProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofNotreDame DESMOND M. CLARKE ProfessorofPhilosophyatUniversityCollegeCork ThemainobjectiveofCambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPhilosophyistoexpandthe range, variety and quality of texts in the history of philosophy which are available in English.Theseriesincludestextsbyfamiliarnames(suchasDescartesandKant)and alsobylesswell-knownauthors.Whereverpossible,textsarepublishedincompleteand unabridgedform,andtranslationsarespeciallycommissionedfortheseries.Eachvolume containsacriticalintroductiontogetherwithaguidetofurtherreadingandanynecessary glossaries and textual apparatus. The volumes are designed for student use at under- graduateandpostgraduatelevelandwillbeofinterestnotonlytostudentsofphilosophy, butalsotoawideraudienceofreadersinthehistoryofscience,thehistoryoftheology andthehistoryofideas. Foralistoftitlespublishedintheseries,pleaseseeendofbook. KARL LEONHARD REINHOLD Letters on the Kantian Philosophy EDITED BY KARL AMERIKS UniversityofNotreDame TRANSLATED BY JAMES HEBBELER UniversityofNotreDame cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Informationo nthi stitle :www.cambri dge.org/9780521830232 © Cambridge University Press 2005 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace withoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2005 isbn-13 978-0-511-13489-0 eBook(EBL) isbn-10 0-511-13489-4 eBook(EBL) isbn-13 978-0-521-83023-2 hardback isbn-10 0-521-83023-0 hardback isbn-13 978-0-521-53723-0 paperback isbn-10 0-521-53723-1 paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurls forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents Preface pagevii Introduction ix Chronology xxxvi Furtherreading xxxix Noteonthetextsandtranslation xliii LettersontheKantianPhilosophy FirstLetter:TheneedforaCritiqueofReason 1 SecondLetter:TheresultoftheKantianphilosophyon thequestionofGod’sexistence 18 ThirdLetter:TheresultoftheCritiqueofReason concerningthenecessaryconnectionbetweenmorality andreligion 28 FourthLetter:Ontheelementsandthepreviouscourseof convictioninthebasictruthsofreligion 50 FifthLetter:TheresultoftheCritiqueofReasonconcerning thefuturelife 65 SixthLetter:Continuationoftheprecedingletter: Theunitedinterestsofreligionandmoralityin theclearingawayofthemetaphysicalgroundfor cognitionofafuturelife 76 SeventhLetter:Asketchofahistoryofreason’spsychological conceptofasimplethinkingsubstance 89 v Contents EighthLetter:Continuationoftheprecedingletter:Themaster keytotherationalpsychologyoftheGreeks 104 Appendix:themajoradditionsinthe1790edition 124 A Preface 125 B SelectionfromtheFirstLetter,‘‘Thespiritofourage andthepresentstateofthesciencesheraldsauniversal reformationofphilosophy’’ 129 C SecondLetter,‘‘Continuationoftheprecedingletter: Theneedforahighestruleoftaste,forguidingprinciples forpositivetheologyandjurisprudence,and,aboveall, for a first basic prin ciple of natura l righ t and mor ality’’ 146 D SelectionsfromtheThirdLetter,‘‘Theshakinginthe domainofthephilosophyofreligionheraldsareformation ofthisphilosophy:myjudgmentregardingtheKantian philosophyingeneral’’ 168 E SelectionfromtheFourthLetter,‘‘Theresultofthe KantianphilosophyonthequestionofGod’sexistence, comparedwiththegeneralaswellasparticularresultsof previousphilosophyregardingthissubject’’ 177 F SelectionfromtheEighthLetter,‘‘Theresultofthe CritiqueofReasonconcerningthefuturelife’’ 189 G SelectionfromtheNinthLetter,‘‘Elucidationofthe metaphysicalgroundforcognitionoftheimmortality ofthesoulwithregardtoitsoriginaswellasits consequences’’ 193 H SelectionfromtheEleventhLetter,‘‘Thekeytothe rationalpsychologyoftheGreeks’’ 201 I TwelfthLetter,‘‘Suggestionsregardingtheinfluence oftheundevelopedandmisunderstoodbasictruthsof religiononcivicandmoralculture’’ 206 Index 227 vi Preface Theeditorandthetranslatorofthisvolumeareheavilyindebtedtomany other scholars. Very useful advice on specific points was offered by Alessandro Lazzari, Alexander von Scho¨nborn, Angela Smith, Christian Johnson, Daniel Breazeale, David O’Connor, Doris Jankovits, Eric Watkins, Faustino Fabbianelli, Fred Rush Jr., Gary Gutting, George di Giovanni,Gu¨nterZo¨ller,LaraOstaric,ManfredFrank,MarceloStamm, Martin Bondeli, Megan Halteman Zwart, Noell Birondo, Paul Franks, SabineRoehr,andStephenDumont.Thetranslationbenefitedespecially from the help of Susanne Hebbeler, and some very difficult points in Reinhold’snoteswereclarifiedbyAndrewRosatoandPatrickGardner. Incomparingthetwoversionsofthetextandworkingoutthebestway todisplaythecomplexrelationbetweenthem,theeditorwasfortunateto havetheinvaluableadviceandassistanceofthetranslator,JamesHebbeler. EncouragementandadvicefromHilaryGaskinatCambridgeUniversity Presswereofenormoushelpthroughouttheproject. vii
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