

First-time translations of elucidatory passages from the writings of Meier, Wolff, and Heinrich Koehler appear together with the relevant transcriptions of Kant's lectures on ethics. Meier's practical philosophy, together with its role in Kant's lectures. Accompanied by an introduction to Baumgarten and his work, this translation features an explanation of the general importance of the Ethica Philosophica and its relation to Christian Wolff and G.F.

t time, John Hymers explores the extent of Baumgarten's influence on the development of German philosophy. Now translated into English for the firs. Baumgarten's Philosophical Ethics: A Critical Translation (Hardback)īy Baumgarten, Alexander Gottlieb Translated by Hymers, John Edited by Pasternack, LawrenceĪlexander Baumgarten's Ethica Philosophica (1740) served as a chief textbook of philosophical instruction in German universities for several decades, and was used by Immanuel Kant for his lectures on moral philosophy between 17.
