Karl Leonhard Reinhold Reinhold Bücher

This volume contains Reinhold's correspondence from 1793. This was the year in which Lavater acted as an intermediary in obtaining Reinhold the offer of a professorship in Kiel, which was to usher in a defining development in his career. The letters presented here are devoted to this fateful turning point. In addition, the political backdrop with the dramatic events in France (the execution of Louis XVI) played a decisive role throughout (see Reinhold's article about the French Revolution published in the German Mercury). During this time Reinhold was also focusing intensively on the subject of free will. The discovery of Fichte and his "Critique of All Revelation," which was published anonymously, was of particular importance to him. His most important correspondents included Baggesen, Erhard, Jacobi, Kant, Lavater, Carl Christian Erhard Schmid and Wieland. This volume contains a bibliography, detailed indexes of subjects, persons and places as well as lists of Reinhold's written works and reviews from 1793.

This volume bears wittness to Reinhold's indefatigable creative power. Through long articles in the 'Teutschen Merkur' ('Die drei Stände', 'Die Weltbürger' as well as 'Beytrag zur genaueren Bestimmung der Grundbegriffe der Moral und des Naturrechtes') Reinhold prepared for the publication of the second volume of the 'Letters on the Kantian Philosophy' in October of 1792. The correspondence with Wieland and Baggesen was given top priority. Reinhold remained in touch with Erhard, Maimon and Kant. The volume contains detailed indexes of subjects, persons and places as well as lists of Reinhold's writings and reviews from 1792.