Kant: Life, Works, and Influence

Author: (German) Otfried Hoeffe
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Emanuel Kant is one of the most important philosophers in the West. Otfried Hoeffe, a philosophy professor at the University of Tübingen and director of the research department for political philosophy, clearly and accessibly describes the development and influence of Kant's philosophical thought. He explains Kant's fundamental ideas, from the Critique of Pure Reason to ethics, legal philosophy, and historical philosophy, as well as religious philosophy and aesthetic philosophy. In his analysis and critique, Hoeffe explains why Kant's thought remains challenging today.