Principal Works
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Gedanken von der wahren Schätzung der lebendigen Kräfte (essay) 1746
[Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces (partial translation) published in Kant's Inaugural Dissertation, and Early Writings on Space, 1929]
Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels (philosophical prose) 1755
[Kant's Cosmology, 1900; also published as Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens, 1968]
Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik die als Wissenschaft auftreten können (philosophical prose) 1764
[Prolegomena to Every Future Metaphysik, Which Can Appear as a Science, 1819; also published as Prolegomena to Future Metaphysics in Metaphysical Works of the Celebrated Immanuel Kant, 1836, and Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, 1902]
Untersuchung über die Deutlichkeit der Grundsätze der natürlichen Theologie und der Moral (philosophical prose) 1764
Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen (philosophical prose) 1765
[Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime, 1965]
Träume eines Geistersehers, erläutert durch Träume der Metaphysik (philosophical prose) 1766
[Dreams of a Spirit-Seer, 1900]
De mundi sensibilis atque intelligibilis forma et principas dissertatio (dissertation) 1770
[Dissertation on the Form and Principles of the Sensible and Intelligible Worlds published in Kant's Inaugural Dissertation, and Early Writings on Space, 1929]
Kritik der reinen Vernunft (philosophical prose) 1781
[Critique of Pure Reason, 1838]
Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung? (essay) 1784
[What Is Enlightenment? published in Kant's Critique of Practical Reason, and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy, 1949]
Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht (essay) 1784
[Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View published in Kant On History, 1963]
Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten (philosophical prose) 1785
[Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals published in Kant's Critique of Practical Reason, and Other Works on the Theory of Ethics, 1873; Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, 1948; Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals in Critique of Practical Reason and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy, 1949; The Metaphysical Principles of Virtue, 1964; The Metaphysics of Morals, 1965; and Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, 1990]
Metaphysische Anfangsgrunde der Naturwissenschaft (philosophical prose) 1786
[Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science published in Kant's Prolegomena and Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, 1883]
Kritik der praktischen Vernunft (philosophical prose) 1788
[Critique of Practical Reason published in Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and Other Writings on the Theory of Ethics, 1873]
Kritik der Urteilskraft (philosophical prose) 1790 [Critique of Judgment, 1892; also published as Critique of Aesthetic Judgment, 1911]
Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der blossen Vernunft (philosophical prose) 1793
[Religion within the Sphere of Naked Reason published in Essays and Treatises on Moral, Political, and Various Philosophical Subjects, 1798; also published as Religion within the Boundary of Pure Reason, 1838; and Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone, 1960]
Zum ewigen Frieden: Ein philosophischer Entwurf (philosophical prose) 1795
[A Philosophical Treatise on Perpetual Peace, 1948; also published as Inevitable Peace, 1948, and Perpetual Peace in Critique of Practical Reason, and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy, 1949]
Die Metaphysik der Sitten (philosophical prose) 1797
[The Metaphysik of Morals, Divided into Metaphysical Elements of Law and of Ethics, 1799]
Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht (philosophical prose) 1798
[Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View, 1974]
Gesammelte Schriften. 23 vols. (philosophical prose, essays, notes, and letters) 1902-55
Eine Vorlesung über Ethik (lectures) 1924
[Lectures on Ethics, 1930]
Kant On History (essays) 1963
Kant: Philosophical Correspondence, 1759-99 (letters) 1967
Opus Postumum (notes) 1996
*This collection publishes for the first time Kant's philosophical notes, the Opus Postumum.
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