Kant on the Web

Translations into other languages

The following is a list of the works written by Immanuel Kant that are available on the internet. Those who find it inconvenient to use them in this form may wish to use the online order form to purchase the Kant98 CD; it contains not only most of these etexts, but also a number of valuable reference tools. This page is divided into four sections:
 

I. English translations of primary systematic works

II. English translations of secondary writings

III. Translations of Kant's writings into other languages
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I. English translations of primary systematic works

Most of the etexts in this section were originally prepared for and located on the Philosophy page of The English Server at Carnegie Mellon University, which has now moved to Iowa State University. However, they are now available on numerous other web sites as well, as indicated below. One of the most convenient ways to read them is to download them to your hard disk, which can be done free of charge (by users at registered institutions) from the NetLibrary. For an explanation of the systematic divisions used here, see Chapter III of Stephen Palmquist's book, Kant's System of Perspectives.
 

A. Kant's Theoretical System

1. The synthetic construction: Critique of Pure Reason (1781/1787)

·         J.M.D. Meiklejohn's translation: English Server; Digital Text Projects at Columbia University; Factasia, The Alex Catalogue: text, and concordance. University of Adelaide's etext library (html) (download), Marxists internet archive.

·         Norman Kemp Smith's translation (1929): Steve Palmquist's web site; an online search engine for this text is also available (prepared by T.W. Kwan and C.F. Lau).

·         Friedrich Max Müller's translation (1922): Liberty Fund

·         An excerpt of Critique of Pure Reason, as part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook

·         Michael Scarpitti's translation of the Preface A, Preface B, and Introduction (all in PDF format). (1990)

2. The analytic explication: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (1783)

·         P. Carus's translation (1902): English Server, spelling has been Americanized and a few of Lewis White Beck's conventions has been made; Full html etext with modernized spelling and the combined revisions of James W. Ellington, (1977) and James Fieser, 1997, The Alex Catalogue: text, and concordance.

·         Ernest Belfort Bax’s translation (1891): Liberty Fund

3. The metaphysical application: Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science (1786)

·         "Preface" from the website of Dr. Shane Drefcinski.


B. Kant's Practical System

1. The synthetic construction: Critique of Practical Reason (1788)

·         T.K. Abbott's translation: English Server, The Alex Catalogue: text, and concordance.

·         J. W. Semple's translation of “Inquiry Into the À Priori Operations of the Will” ( Extracted From the Critique of Practical Reason) (1886).

2. The analytic explication: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (1785)

·         T.K. Abbott's translation (1889): English Server, The Alex Catalogue: text, and concordance, University of Adelaide's etext library (html) (download), Liberty Fund.

·         J. W. Semple's translation as Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Ethics (1886): Liberty Fund

3. The metaphysical application: Metaphysics of Morals (1797)

·         W. Hastie's translation of (1887)