Giorgio Buccellati, Critique of Archaeological Reason
Digital Monograph: Kant
Citations and abbreviations
Giorgio Buccellati, October 2013
Manner of citation
Abbreviations
Manner of citation
The terminological and argumentative precision of Kant is such that it is best to give all citations in the original. Also, the syntax tends to be rather complex, but the relevant points cannot easily be abstracted from their immediate context, hence in principle I give the full sentence even when only a segment of it is relevant for the point in question. Occasionally, the same sentence is repeated in different locations when it serves to illustrate two different points. I will at the same time provide my translation, together with a notation referring to the central concept in each citation.
The following abbreviations are used throughout.
Given the benefit of the German text available side by side, the translation is relatively free, in an effort to make it more consonant with the context in which I cite the text itself.
It should be noted that while Kant's spelling is with initial C ("Critik"), the current and standard use is with initial K ("Kritik"). The abbreviation refers to the modern spelling.
References throughout are to the original German edition.
In the citations throughout the monograph, bold represents my emphasis, italic or bold italic represents Kant's original emphasis.
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Abbreviations
| GM |
Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten |
Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals |
1785 |
KrV |
Critik der reinen Vernunft
(second edition, identified by a prefix B before the page number) |
Critique of Pure Reason |
17821, 17872 |
| KpV |
Critik der praktischen Vernunft |
Critique of Practical Reason |
1788 |
| KUk |
Critik der Urteilskraft |
Critique of Judgment |
1790 |
| MA |
Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Naturwissenschaft |
Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science |
1785 |
| MS |
Die Metaphysik der Sitten |
The Metaphysics of Morals |
1797 |
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