Kant über Mitleidenschaft
Abstract
In his discussion of sympathetic participation in § 34 of the Doctrine of Virtue, Kant twice uses an unusual word that does not reappear anywhere in his writings: Mitleidenschaft. So far, the significance of this has gone unnoticed. But there is a historical source that reveals precisely why he uses this word, which in turn sheds new light on the philosophical substance of Kant’s theory of sympathy.
Citation
Timmermann , J 2016 , ' Kant über Mitleidenschaft ' , Kant-Studien , vol. 107 , no. 4 , pp. 729–732 . https://doi.org/10.1515/kant-2016-0055
Publication
Kant-Studien
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1613-1134Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2016 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at: https://doi.org/10.1515/kant-2016-0055
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