Preparation for Natural Theology

Johann August Eberhard (1739-1809) was one of the leading German philosophers of the second half of the eighteenth century.Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and is considered to be a key thinker in modern philosophy.Courtney D. Fugate is Assistant Professor of Civilization Studies at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and post-doctoral research fellow at the FCHI, Emory University, USA. He is co-editor and translator of Baumgarten’s ‘Metaphysics’: A Critical Translation with Kant’s Elucidations, Selected Notes and Related Materials (Bloomsbury, 2013).John Hymers is Associate Professor of Philosophy at La Salle University, Philadelphia, USA. He is co-editor and translator of Baumgarten’s ‘Metaphysics’: A Critical Translation with Kant’s Elucidations, Selected Notes and Related Materials (Bloomsbury, 2013).

• Acknowledgments Series Editors' PrefaceTranslators' Introduction 1 Preparation for Natural Theology for use in Academic Lectures 2 Kant’s Reflections in his copy of Eberhard’s Preparation for Natural Theology3 Danzig Rational Theology According to Baumbach4 Concordances German–English Glossary English–German Glossary Index

Essential reading for those interested in the development of Kant’s philosophy. Fugate’s and Hymers’ volume provides a window into Kant’s philosophy of religion ... This collection of primary sources provides previously untranslated resources for a fruitful study of Kant’s religion.