：《》 Kant's Collected Essays on the Philosophy of History

Author: Immanuel Kant
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: Kant's philosophy of history has long been overlooked by the domestic academic community, often being regarded as an immature theory merely as a bridge to Hegel's and even Marx's philosophy of history. This is an unfortunate misunderstanding, as Kant's philosophy of history is self-contained and belongs to a different category from that of Marx and Hegel. Kant himself did not write a dedicated work on the philosophy of history, but he authored eight works that directly address it, including "On Perpetual Peace," published in 1795. This book includes the Chinese translations and annotations of these eight works, and a detailed bibliography is provided at the end for reference.
Excerpts from Kant's Philosophy of History:
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage." — From "What Is Enlightenment?"
"If someone asks today whether we are living in an enlightened age, the answer is: not yet! But we are living in an age of enlightenment." — From "What Is Enlightenment?"
"The question of establishing a state, no matter how difficult it may sound, can even be solved for a devilish people (as long as they have reason)." — From "On Perpetual Peace"
"The king engaging in philosophical thought, or the philosopher becoming a king, is something that cannot be met and is not to be sought; for the possession of power inevitably corrupts the freedom of rational judgment." — From "On Perpetual Peace"
"The history of nature begins with 'good,' because it is the work of God; the history of freedom begins with 'evil,' because it is the work of man." — From "The Speculative Beginning of Human History"