History and Natural Description of the Most Noteworthy Occurrences of the Earthquake That Shook a Large Part of the Earth at the End of the Year 1755
History and Natural Description of the Most Noteworthy Occurrences of the Earthquake That Shook a Large Part of the Earth at the End of the Year 1755
by Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) · 1756
Kant's fullest account of the Lisbon earthquake: its course, natural causes and uses, rejecting its reading as divine punishment.
About
- Also known as
- Geschichte und Naturbeschreibung der merkwürdigsten Vorfälle des Erdbebens, welches an dem Ende des 1755sten Jahres einen großen Theil der Erde erschüttert hat
- Classification
- LCC B2794: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion › Philosophy (General)
- Categories
- science, geology, lisbon-earthquake, theodicy
- Tradition
- Rationalist
- Written in
- German
- Translation
- John Richardson, 1799 (Essays and Treatises, vol. 2)
- Public domain (US)
- Yes
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| Internet Archive essaysandtreati00kantgoog | Scan with poor OCR | Essays and Treatises on Moral, Political, Religious and Various Philosophical Subjects, vol. 2; tr. John Richardson (London, 1799) | PDF · Text · Page |