990117 2051 -Things as they appear and as they are in themselves

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Von: Sidney Axinn <axinn@chuma.cas.usf.edu>
An: Multiple recipients of list <kant-l@bucknell.edu>
Betreff: RE: Things: as they appear and as they are in themselves
Datum: Sonntag, 17. Januar 1999 20:59

Dear Even,
A question for you.

On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Evan Wm. Cameron wrote....

> Kant's work, after all, is replete with judgments about things as they are
> in themselves (the goodness of God, etc.) that we are supposed to take as
> true of them. Rather, he held (to use an example close to his heart) that
> although both we and God encounter the SAME THINGS, we must encounter them
> AS THEY APPEAR whereas God encounters them AS THEY ARE IN THEMSELVES -
>
, God, in particular, being under no such constraints.
> (God's encounters, for Kant, were somehow creative and intellectual,
> unlike our own -
>
Where does Kant mention "the goodness of God"??
Where does he discuss how God encounters things AS THEY ARE IN
THEMSELVES? Except as a matter that we cannot know about.

Best wishes,
Sid