Kant’s Published Writings
from Part II - Kant’s Collected Works
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2021
Summary
Kant began working on Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces around 1744, as a twenty-one-year-old student in Königsberg, completing most of it in 1746, at which point he submitted it to the university censor, who approved it for publication. In the same year, Kant’s father died after a lengthy illness, leaving him with the task of dealing with the family’s estate and the care of his siblings, as well as an even less favorable financial situation than he had faced previously. Under these circumstances, Kant left the university in August of 1748, without obtaining a degree, to become a private tutor to a series of families in the vicinity of Königsberg. He was able to publish Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces only in 1749, with the (financial) help of a relative.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Cambridge Kant Lexicon , pp. 519Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021