Now available for the first time in English, this critical translation of draws from the original seven Latin editions, the Academy edition of Kant, and Georg Friedrich Meier's 18th-century German translation. To assist and support the reading of this crucial text, the translation features: * historical and philosophical introductions and sketches * extensive glossaries and notes* clear reproductions of Kant's elucidations and handwritten notes* Eberhard's insertions in the 1783 German editionUsed as a philosophical instruction for thinkers such as Kant, Mendelssohn, Abbt, Herder, and Maimon, is arguably one of philosophy's most influential texts. Equipped with supportive and illuminating introductory material, this clear and lucid translation presents scholars of Kant, German philosophy and the history of philosophy with an indispensable resource.