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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

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Ancient Greek philosophy was divided into three sciences: physics, ethics, and logic. This division is perfectly suitable to the nature of the thing; and the only improvement that can be made in it is to add the principle on which it is based, so that we may both satisfy ourselves of its completeness, and also be able to determine correctly the necessary subdivisions.…

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  • AuthorImmanuel Kant
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #5682
  • Length30,783 words · 2h 03m of reading
  • Chapters5
  • DictionaryIncluded
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

5 chapters

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  1. 01PREFACE
  2. 02OF MORALITY TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL
  3. 03TO THE METAPHYSIC OF MORALS
  4. 04CRITIQUE OF PURE PRACTICAL REASON
  5. 05Concluding Remark

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