Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics () is a 1929 book about Immanuel Kant by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger. It is often referred by Heidegger to simply as the "Kantbuch" ("Kantbook"). This book published as volume 3 of the "Gesamtausgabe". The book is dedicated to the memory of Max Scheler. During the 1920s Heidegger read Immanuel Kant extensively. The Kantian influence is pervasive throughout Heidegger's most celebrated and influential book, "Being and Time" (1927). The Kantbook can be seen as a supplement for the unfinished second part of "Being and Time". Additionally, during
Christian Wolff (philosopher) Christian Wolff (philosopher) Christian Wolff (less correctly Wolf, ; also known as Wolfius; ennobled as Christian Freiherr von Wolff; 24 January 1679 – 9 April 1754) was a German philosopher. Wolff was the most eminent German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant. His main achievement was a complete "oeuvre" on almost every scholarly subject of his time, displayed and unfolded according to his demonstrative-deductive, mathematical method, which perhaps represents the peak of Enlightenment rationality in Germany. Wolff was also the creator of German as the language of scholarly instruction and research, although he also wrote in Latin, so that an international