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)