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Which works should I read of Christian Wolff's prior to reading Kant? Wikipedia lists 21 "important works". Which of these should I read to understand his influence on Kant when I read him? I feel that he's the last philosopher I have to read before tackling Kant, so far I have finished the pre-socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Epictetus, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, Berkely, Hume, and Smith (theory of moral sentiments.)
Secondary literature reccs also welcome for Wolff
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wolff-christian/
I'm thinking: German logic, german metaphysics, and preliminary discourse. Do you guys think I'm missing an important one?
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None.
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>>8485710
Wolff is supposed to bridge the gap between Leibniz and Kant- supposedly there is a very clear transition from Leibniz to Kant if you have Wolff inbetween. That's what I would like to understand by reading him.
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>I feel that he's the last philosopher I have to read before tackling Kant, so far I have finished the pre-socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Epictetus, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, Berkely, Hume, and Smith (theory of moral sentiments.)
Jesus fucking Christ.
Google what is rationalism, what is empiricism and you have all you need to understand Kant.
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>>8485849
I have a pretty clear idea of what is rationalism and what is empiricism. I like to understand the history of ideas and how one thinker leads into another, and I believe I need Wolff to understand Kant in this context
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>>8485849
Did you really read Kant without reading any other philosophers?
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