Critique of Practical Reason

"Criticism of the practical mind - the main ethical treatise of Immanuel Kant, developing the ideas of his criticism of pure mind and in detail exploring the concept of a categorical imperative -
Higher Moral Principle.
Three source positions of Kant"s theory: Must - then you can, there must be immortality of the human soul and God must exist. A person has a free independent will, while he consciously follows virtue. The award expects it outside this world, and God speaks by its guarant. Thus, Kant equalized religion and morality, as their content and purpose coincide.
One of the leading translators of Kant into Russian was the poet, literary critic and critic Nikolay Matveevich Sokolov (1860-1908) He was interested in the teachings of Immanuel Kant, being still a student of the Spiritual Academy, and then began to translate
The first large work of the philosopher is criticizing the pure mind. Transferring the main treatises of Kant, later he presented to Russian readers and other works. Translations of Sokolov are considered accurate and complete, they have repeatedly reprinted in Soviet times.
Like other books of the Great Ideas series, the book will be simply indispensable in the library of students of humanitarian specialties, as well as for those who want to get acquainted with the key works and ideas of world philosophy and culture