Kant: A Biography

The Old Man 413 Again, this stands in stark contrast to Kant's own critical doctrine and es¬ pecially to his refutation of ideal ...

414 Kant: A Biography Wasianski reported: "already in 1799, when it [his weakness] was still hardly noticeable, he said ... in m ...

The Old Man 415 his feet hit the ground by a perpendicular motion; he began to stomp. His reason was the belief that walking in ...

416 Kant: A Biography they should avoid blowing their noses and coughing (respiration through the nose). The word "Fußstapfen" ( ...

The Old Man 417 He continued to read, but he took in little. Writing was almost impos¬ sible. By August 1801, a friend wrote tha ...

418 Kant: A Biography more indicative of his condition than any of the other anecdotes that are told about the old Kant. There a ...

The Old Man 419 Among other things, he enjoyed the marches that were played at the chang¬ ing of the guards. Since they were pas ...

420 Kant: A Biography missing word, which he then added."^156 When Jachmann left, Kant asked him to tell his sister who he was s ...

The Old Man 421 of spectator sport. Many visitors from outside Königsberg engaged in this pastime as well, most of them quite wi ...

422 Kant: A Biography periods during which he was coherent, they were rare. At one occasion, he surprised his doctor by waking u ...

Notes Prologue The Declaration was published on August 28 of 1799. See Immanuel Kant, Gesam¬ melte Schriften, published by preu ...

424 Notes to Pages 4-7 Äußerungen über Kant, seinen Charakter und seine Meinungen, von einem billigen Verehrer seiner Verdienst ...

Notes to Pages 7—14 425 gehören' aus Wasianskis Handexemplar," Sitzungsbericht der Altertumsgeselkchaft Prussia 17 (1891/2), pp. ...

426 Notes to Pages 14—17 We must remember that "ordinary" and "common" in the eighteenth century did not have the pejorative co ...

Notes to Pages 17-26 427 Biographie, ed. Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wis¬ senschaften (Berlin: Dunck ...

428 Notes to Pages 26—29 literature on the topic that disputes the correctness of Kant's belief. For a recent article, see Hans ...

Notes to Pages 29—32 429 Robert Forster and Elborg Forster, eds., European Society in the Eighteenth Cen¬ tury (New York: Harpe ...

430 Notes to Pages 32—34 Ak 9, pp. 477f. Wasianski, Kant, p. 246. Wasianski, Kant, p. 247. These questions might appear Strange ...

Notes to Pages 34~35 43J died in 1796. After her death, Kant continued regular payments to her four chil¬ dren, and he provided ...

43? Notes to Pages 35-38 and Prussia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983), and Gawthrop, Pietism and the Making of Eigh ...