Kant: On History

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Summary: Reveals Kant as a political thinker
Review: Lewis White Beck has done a fine job of selecting the works that represents Kant's political and historical views. What is particularly interesing about these writings is that they reveal a teleology in Kant that suggests that perhaps our will is not as free as his ethical and metaphysical works say. Perpetual Peace should be required reading for political philosophy classes. Highly recommended, and surprisingly easy to read, considering who the author is.

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Summary: Kant's lesser read political works
Review: Lewis White Beck has done a fine job of translating and selecting these essays, which reveal Kant as a political and historical thinker. Reading "Perpetual Peace" makes one wonder why it is not required reading in political philosophy classes. The essays also unearth Kant's teleological thinking, and suggest that perhaps our will is not as free as he believed it to be in his ethical, metaphysical, and epistemological writings. Highly recommended.