990117 2125 - Things as they appear and as they are in themselves

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Von: Michael Scarpitti <MScarpit@asnt.org>
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 21:34

Stick to the text, guys!

Michael A Scarpitti
e-mail mscarpit@asnt.org

> ----------
> From:     Sidney Axinn
> Reply To:     kant-l@bucknell.edu
> Sent:     Sunday, January 17, 1999 08:51 PM
> To:     Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:     RE: Things: as they appear and as they are in themselves
>
>
> 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
>