APY 396 Lecture : Class Notes.docx
25 Jan 2014
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The one-time existence of these notes has been inferred from the writings of theodor gottlieb von. Hippel [bio], who matriculated at the albertina on june 27, 1756 (first in theology, later in law). He practiced law in k nigsberg, wrote novels anonymously, and was a close companion of kant"s. An anonymously written letter sent from k nigsberg and dated december 28, 1780, appeared in the allgemeine deutsche bibliothek (1780, vol. A year earlier, hamann had written to herder that kant was finding hundreds of references to his lectures in the lebensl ufe (21. Indeed, so much of kant"s thoughts appeared in hippel"s writings that there was open speculation whether kant was indeed the author, or at least co-author. After hippel"s death, kant published an open letter (dated 6 december 1796 [ak. A close study of hippel"s use of the anthropology notes in the lebensl ufe can be found in. No similar comparison with the metaphysics lectures has been made.
