This collection of essays is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to Kant's lectures on anthropology and their philosophical importance.

Kant was one of the inventors of anthropology, and his lectures on anthropology were the most popular and among the most frequently given of his lecture courses

The only English translation of recently edited transcriptions of Kant's lectures on anthropology, given between 1772 and 1789.

Kant's lectures on anthropology, which formed the basis of his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798), contain many observations on human nature, cu

Kant's lectures on anthropology capture him at the height of his intellectual power. They are immensely important for advancing our understanding of Kant's conc