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KANT, Immanuel.
Gedanken von der wahren Schaetzung der lebendigen Kraefte und Beurtheilung
der Beweise derer sich Herr von Leibnitz und andere Mechaniker in dieser
Streitsache bedienet haben, nebst einigen vorhergehenden Betrachtungen welche
die Kraft der Koerper ueberhaupt betreffen.
Koenigsberg, imprimé par Martin Eberhard Dorn, 1746.
In-8 (210 x 135 mm) de 9
ff.n.ch., pp. [3]-240, 2 planches gravées dépliantes ; cartonnage bleu,
dos lisse
(reliure allemande de l’époque).
Édition originale du premier livre de Kant (1724-1804).
"In his early years Kant pondered the nature of space and time first from the point of view
of Leibniz and then of Newton, but eventually he found both positions unsatisfactory. In his
Thoughts on the true estimation of Living Forces [the present work] he took Leibniz's view and
tried to explain the nature of space by means of the forces of unextended substances (monads)
that cause such substances to interact. He attempted to account for the threefold dimensionality
of space by appealing to the laws that govern such interactions; but he was not very successful, as
he himself admitted" (DSB).
Exemplaire exceptionnel, à toutes marges et entièrement non rogné.
Reliure frottée, manques au dos.
Warda, 1.
3 000 / 4 000 €