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Who are the bare minimum philosophers a person should read before Kant?

>> No.17823399

Wolff, Hume, Swedenborg, Hamann

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>>17823399
Thank's.

>> No.17823430

>>17823399
Man, I'm currently to prep myself for Kant too, and I couldn't find Wolff's writings in anything but Latin. Hamann seems difficult to get a hold of as well.

>> No.17823436

>>17823353
Plato and Aristotle

>> No.17823557

>>17823399>>17823415
Add Leibniz to that. Specifically Monadology and Theodicy. You need to understand the pre-established harmony and why Kant will categorically reject it.
>>17823436
A case can be made for Aristotle with respect to his Logic and Organon

>> No.17823563

>>17823353
Descartes, Hume too. Maybe Locke? Also all the recs from the other anons

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>>17823353
>>17823399
Can we create a list of some works from most to least important? So, e.g.

1. Hume, David - Enquiry concerning Human Understanding
2. Aristotle's Organon
3. Descartes, René - Meditationes, Discours, Principia, etc.
4. Locke - An Essay concerning Human Understanding
5. Berkeley, George - Principles of Human Knowledge

>> No.17823840

bump

>> No.17823889

>>17823353
Kant very clearly defines all his terms, even when he is referencing other works he completely makes his point without necessitating a familiarity with them. No need to read any others to get him so long and you're able to read philosophy.