The \;Digital Kant-Centre NRW \; \;is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Prof. Rachel Zuckert (Northwestern University) with the title &ldquo\;Kant&rsquo\;s Philosophy of History as Stoic Consolation:&ldquo\; \;The lecture will take place online (via Webex) on Wednesday\, 25 \;October 2023\, from 18:00 &ndash\; 20:00 CET. \;
\nPlease see below for the Webex-link and an abstract of the lecture. \;
\nThe talk is part of the lecture series Digital Kant-Lectures\, organized by Digital Kant-Centre NRW\, which takes place on the last Wednesday of each month via Webex.
\n\nWebex-Link: \;
\nhttps://uni-siegen.webex.com/uni-siegen/j.php?MTID=ma55969351afa759ecfc6f56eb3da5f10
\nAbstract: \;
\nAt least since Pauline Kleingeld&rsquo\;s defining work\, scholars recognize that Kant&rsquo\;s aims in his philosophy of history are practical as well as theoretical: not just to describe history\, but also to provide a view of it that supports moral action. Often scholars understand this support to be similar to that provided by the postulates of practical reason: the progressive view of history Kant articulates is taken to be a belief necessarily presupposed in moral agency\, supporting the more general belief that the agent&rsquo\;s moral ends are realizable. Prompted by Kant&rsquo\;s description of his view as &ldquo\;consoling&rdquo\; (Idee\, 8:30)\, I consider whether his view in Idee may instead be interpreted as a form of Stoic consolation on the model of Seneca&rsquo\;s consolatory writings\, with a different practical import: to relieve the moral agent from grief concerning large-scale historical events\, thereby freeing her to act effectively within her own sphere.
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