Notes to Pages 368-376 501- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 71 (Ak 6, p. 21).
- Kant, Political Writings, ed. Reiss, p. 227; see also p. 385, this volume.
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 103 (Ak 6, p. 60).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 123 (Ak 6, p. 85).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 130 (Ak 6, p. 95).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 159 (Ak 6, p. 131).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 177 (Ak 6, pp. iS3f.).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 184 (Ak 6, p. 162).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 190 (Ak 6, pp. i7of.).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 194 (Ak 6, p. 175).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 195 (Ak 6, p. 176).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 194 (Ak 6, p. 194).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, p. 210 (Ak 6, p. 180).
- Kant, Religion and Rational Theology, pp. 2O4f. (Ak 6, p. 188).
- Ak n, p. 417.
- See Ak 8, pp. 274-339. See also Immanuel Kant, Über den Gemeinspruch "Das
maginder Theorie richtig sein, taugt abernichtfiir die Praxis," ed. Heiner Klemme
(Hamburg: Meiner Verlag 1992), and Immanuel Kant, On the Old Saw That May
Be Right in Theory But It Won't Work in Practice, ed. George Miller (Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1974). - Ak 8, pp. 284f (Kant, On the Old Saw, ed. Miller, pp. sif.).
- Kant, On the Old Saw, ed. Miller, p. 72.
- Kant, On the Old Saw, ed. Miller, p. 60. • •:
[79. Ak 19, p. 595.
[80. Kant, On the Old Saw, ed. Miller, p. 76.
[81. Which, according to orthodox belief, it of course was not. - Kant, On the Old Saw, ed. Miller, p. 77.
- Kant, On the Old Saw, ed. Miller, p. 79.
- Karl von Klauer, for instance, had argued in the Berlinische Monatsschrift of1790
that the right of revolution followed from Kant's theory. See Klemme, "Ein¬
leitung," in Kant, Über den Gemeinspruch, pp. ix f. See also Dieter Henrich,
"Einleitung," in Kant, Gentz, Rehberg. Über Theorie und Praxis, introduction by
Dieter Henrich (Frankfurt [Main]: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1967). Henrich thinks that
a satire of Kästner was the occasion of the essay, and he wants to exclude Burke.
It seems to me a mistake to view the essay as occasioned by just one of the many
issues to which it was relevant. Kant was concerned about «//of them.
[85. Epstein, The Origin of German Conservatism, pp. 547-594, calls Rehberg a "re¬
form conservative." The same holds true of Gentz. Neither of them was satisfied
with the status quo, but both opposed the French Revolution. Furthermore, both
believed that Kant's optimism was a mistake. In their view, theory could never be
sufficient for practice. - The question was asked in French: "Quels sont les progres reels de la Meta-
physique en Allemagne depuis le temps de Leibnitz et de Wolf?" It was origi¬
nally announced in 1788 with a deadline of 1791, but the deadline was changed
to January 1,1792. Johann Christian Schwab (1743-1821), a Wolffian, who had
contributed to Eberhard's Philosophical Archive, sent in the only submission.