Zum Nachweis von Kants Fontenelle-Zitat: „Vor einem Vornehmen bücke ich mich […]: aus der Kritik der praktischen Vernunft (AA 05: 76.36/37–77.01)
It is shown that the famous quote from Fontenelle in Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason , “I bow before an eminent man, but my spirit does not bow,” comes from the book On Principles of Morality , written by Abbé Mably. The Fontenelle quote is found in a review of this very book in the Allgemeine L...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Kant-Studien 2023-06, Vol.114 (2), p.383-384 |
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| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng ; ger |
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| Zusammenfassung: | It is shown that the famous quote from Fontenelle in Kant’s
Critique of Practical Reason
, “I bow before an eminent man, but my spirit does not bow,” comes from the book
On Principles of Morality
, written by Abbé Mably. The Fontenelle quote is found in a review of this very book in the
Allgemeine Literaturzeitung
(No. 21, 1785). This review should further be considered Kant’s source. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-8877 1613-1134 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/kant-2023-2018 |