Brian O'Connor is College Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University College Dublin. He is Editor of The Adorno Reader (Blackwell Publishers, 2000) and Adorno's Negative Dialectic (forthcoming, Oxford University Press). Georg Mohr is with the Department of Philosophy, University of Bremen, Germany

This is a welcome and helpful collection of key texts by the four great German Idealists which will be a very valuable resource for students and teachers alike.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Self and Knowledge; 1. Kant: Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Deduction B; 2. Fichte: Science of Knowledge: First Introduction; 3. Schelling: 'Of the I as the Principle of Philosophy'; 4. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit: Introduction; II Freedom and Morality; 5. Kant: Critique of Practical Reason: Of the Principles of Pure Practical Reason; 6. Fichte: System of the Science of Ethics: Deduction of the Principle of Ethics; 7. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit: Lordship and Bondage; 8. Schelling: Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom: The Concept of Freedom; III Law and State; 9. Kant: Metaphysics of Morals: Introduction to the Doctrine of Right - The Right of a State; 10. Fichte: The Foundations of Natural Right: Selections; 11. Hegel: Elements of the Philosophy of Right: Civil Society; The State; IV Beauty and Art; 12. Kant: Critique of Judgement: Analytic of the Beautiful; 13. Schiller: On the Aesthetic Education of Man: Letters 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15; 14. Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism: Part VI (Essentials of the Philosophy of Art); 15. Hegel: Lectures on Aesthetics: Introduction; V History and Reason; 16. Kant: 'Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View'; 17. Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism: Deduction of the Concept of History; 18. Fichte: Characteristics of the Present Age: Lectures 1 and 2; 19. Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of World History: Introduction; VI Nature and Science; 20. Kant: Critique of Judgement: Critique of Teleological Judgement; 21. Schelling: Introduction to the Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature; 22. Hegel: Encyclopaedia: Philosophy of Nature: Introduction; VII God and Religion; 23. Kant: Critique of Practical Reason: The Existence of God as a Postulate of Pure Practical Reason; 24. Fichte: 'On the Foundation of Our Belief in a Divine Government of the World'; 25. Schelling: The Ages of the World: The Eternal Life of the Godhead; 26. Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion: The Relation of the Philosophy of Religion to the Current Principles of the Religious Consciousness; The Concept of Religion: Select Bibliography; Index.

Brian O'Connor is College Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University College Dublin. He is Editor of The Adorno Reader (Blackwell Publishers, 2000) and Adorno's Negative Dialectic (forthcoming, Oxford University Press). Georg Mohr is with the Department of Philosophy, University of Bremen, Germany

This is a welcome and helpful collection of key texts by the four great German Idealists which will be a very valuable resource for students and teachers alike.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Self and Knowledge; 1. Kant: Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Deduction B; 2. Fichte: Science of Knowledge: First Introduction; 3. Schelling: 'Of the I as the Principle of Philosophy'; 4. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit: Introduction; II Freedom and Morality; 5. Kant: Critique of Practical Reason: Of the Principles of Pure Practical Reason; 6. Fichte: System of the Science of Ethics: Deduction of the Principle of Ethics; 7. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit: Lordship and Bondage; 8. Schelling: Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom: The Concept of Freedom; III Law and State; 9. Kant: Metaphysics of Morals: Introduction to the Doctrine of Right - The Right of a State; 10. Fichte: The Foundations of Natural Right: Selections; 11. Hegel: Elements of the Philosophy of Right: Civil Society; The State; IV Beauty and Art; 12. Kant: Critique of Judgement: Analytic of the Beautiful; 13. Schiller: On the Aesthetic Education of Man: Letters 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15; 14. Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism: Part VI (Essentials of the Philosophy of Art); 15. Hegel: Lectures on Aesthetics: Introduction; V History and Reason; 16. Kant: 'Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View'; 17. Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism: Deduction of the Concept of History; 18. Fichte: Characteristics of the Present Age: Lectures 1 and 2; 19. Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of World History: Introduction; VI Nature and Science; 20. Kant: Critique of Judgement: Critique of Teleological Judgement; 21. Schelling: Introduction to the Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature; 22. Hegel: Encyclopaedia: Philosophy of Nature: Introduction; VII God and Religion; 23. Kant: Critique of Practical Reason: The Existence of God as a Postulate of Pure Practical Reason; 24. Fichte: 'On the Foundation of Our Belief in a Divine Government of the World'; 25. Schelling: The Ages of the World: The Eternal Life of the Godhead; 26. Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion: The Relation of the Philosophy of Religion to the Current Principles of the Religious Consciousness; The Concept of Religion: Select Bibliography; Index.

Brian O'Connor is College Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University College Dublin. He is Editor of The Adorno Reader (Blackwell Publishers, 2000) and Adorno's Negative Dialectic (forthcoming, Oxford University Press). Georg Mohr is with the Department of Philosophy, University of Bremen, Germany

This is a welcome and helpful collection of key texts by the four great German Idealists which will be a very valuable resource for students and teachers alike.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Self and Knowledge; 1. Kant: Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Deduction B; 2. Fichte: Science of Knowledge: First Introduction; 3. Schelling: 'Of the I as the Principle of Philosophy'; 4. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit: Introduction; II Freedom and Morality; 5. Kant: Critique of Practical Reason: Of the Principles of Pure Practical Reason; 6. Fichte: System of the Science of Ethics: Deduction of the Principle of Ethics; 7. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit: Lordship and Bondage; 8. Schelling: Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom: The Concept of Freedom; III Law and State; 9. Kant: Metaphysics of Morals: Introduction to the Doctrine of Right - The Right of a State; 10. Fichte: The Foundations of Natural Right: Selections; 11. Hegel: Elements of the Philosophy of Right: Civil Society; The State; IV Beauty and Art; 12. Kant: Critique of Judgement: Analytic of the Beautiful; 13. Schiller: On the Aesthetic Education of Man: Letters 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15; 14. Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism: Part VI (Essentials of the Philosophy of Art); 15. Hegel: Lectures on Aesthetics: Introduction; V History and Reason; 16. Kant: 'Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View'; 17. Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism: Deduction of the Concept of History; 18. Fichte: Characteristics of the Present Age: Lectures 1 and 2; 19. Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of World History: Introduction; VI Nature and Science; 20. Kant: Critique of Judgement: Critique of Teleological Judgement; 21. Schelling: Introduction to the Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature; 22. Hegel: Encyclopaedia: Philosophy of Nature: Introduction; VII God and Religion; 23. Kant: Critique of Practical Reason: The Existence of God as a Postulate of Pure Practical Reason; 24. Fichte: 'On the Foundation of Our Belief in a Divine Government of the World'; 25. Schelling: The Ages of the World: The Eternal Life of the Godhead; 26. Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion: The Relation of the Philosophy of Religion to the Current Principles of the Religious Consciousness; The Concept of Religion: Select Bibliography; Index.