Twenty-Five Years of Philosophy

Kant declared that philosophy began in 1781 with his Critique of Pure Reason. In 1806 Hegel announced that it had been completed. Forster assesses the steps that led from Kant's "e;beginning"e; to Hegel's "e;end"e; and concludes that both Kant and Hegel were indeed right. His study reveals Goethe's significant contribution to post-Kantian thinking.