{"product_id":"9781474282659","title":"Baumgarten's Elements of First Practical Philosophy A Critical Translation with Kant's Reflections on Moral Philosophy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eKant’s Sources in Translation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBaumgarten's Elements of First Practical Philosophy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Critical Translation with Kant's Reflections on Moral Philosophy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexander Gottlieb Baumgarten | Courtney D. Fugate | Pablo Muchnik | Courtney D. Fugate | Immanuel Kant | John Hymers | Lawrence Pasternack | John Hymers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ History \u0026amp; Surveys \/ Modern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents the first English translation of Alexander Baumgarten's\u003ci\u003e Initia Philosophiae Practicae Primae\u003c\/i\u003e, the textbook Kant used in his lectures on moral philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in Latin in 1760, the \u003ci\u003eInitia\u003c\/i\u003e contains a systematic, but original version of the universal practical philosophy first articulated by Christian Wolff. In his personal copy, Kant penned hundreds of pages of notes and sketches that document his relation to this earlier tradition. Translating these extensive elucidations into English, together with Kant's notes on the text, this translation offers a complete resource to Kant's reading of the \u003ci\u003eInitia\u003c\/i\u003e. To facilitate further study, first-time translations of elucidatory passages from G. F. Meier and Wolff are also included, alongside a German-English-Latin glossary. The translators' introduction provides a biography of Baumgarten, a discussion of the importance of the \u003ci\u003eInitia\u003c\/i\u003e, its relation to Wolff's and Meier's universal practical philosophy and its role in Kant's lectures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy shedding new light on the arguments of Kant's mature works and offering insights into his pre-Critical moral thought, \u003ci\u003eElements of First Practical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e reveals why Baumgarten's work is essential for understanding the background to Kant's philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Baumgarten\u003c\/b\u003e (1714 - 1762) was among the first to teach  the controversial philosophy of Christian Wolff (1769-1764). By order of  the king, he moved to Frankfurt on the Order in 1739, where he remained  until his death in 1762. His most influential philosophical works are \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (1739), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (1740), and \u003ci\u003eAesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e  (2 Vols, 1750 \u0026amp; 1757). It is as formulated in these works that the  Leibniz-Wolff tradition was chiefly communicated to later German  philosophers, including Immanuel Kant. Today Baumgarten is also regarded  as a central founder of modern aesthetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hymers\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at La Salle University, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCourtney D. Fugate\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 May 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474282659\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e392\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332579262604,"sku":"9781474282659","price":207.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e2ece4e6-d6af-4991-bb6a-14469e0e6d51.jpg?v=1783604199","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474282659","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}