A Kant Dictionary

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• Object [Ding, Objekt, Gegenstand] Kant's concept of an object is extremely subtle, although its nuances are often lost in the indiscriminate and unsystematic translation of his terms Ding, Gegenstand, and Objekt. At the most general level in his practical philosophy, Kant follows the distinction in Roman law between persons and things (see Justinian's Institutes, books 1 and 2). A person 'is a subject whose actions can be imputed to him' while a thing is that 'to which nothing can be imputed'; the former is specified as a subject in possession of freedom and spontaneity, able to act according to principles, while the latter is without freedom and spontaneity. A human being acting in response to inclinations is a thing, as is one used simply as a means to another's ends. The thing is dist... (查看原文)

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