The Question Whether the Earth Is Ageing, Considered from a Physical Point of View
The Question Whether the Earth Is Ageing, Considered from a Physical Point of View
by Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) · 1754
A short physical inquiry into whether the earth is gradually declining in fertility and vigour, weighing proposed causes of terrestrial ageing.
About
- Also known as
- Die Frage, ob die Erde veralte, physikalisch erwogen
- Classification
- LCC B2794: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion › Philosophy (General)
- Categories
- science, geology, natural-philosophy
- Tradition
- Rationalist
- Written in
- German
- Translation
- none PD (best: Eric Watkins, ed., Natural Science, 2012)
- Public domain (US)
- The work, but not its English translations
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