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(1761), had presented a similar theory regarding 

 the constitution of the stellar system. Kant's 

 Treatise was translated, along with other Essays, 

 into English in 1/98, but this sketch of his 

 Cosmogony seems to have received no attention in 

 England at the time. 



3. Excerpt Authorised by Kant. An Excerpt 

 from the original work of 1755 was published, with 

 Kant's sanction, in 1791 by J. F. Gensichen, along 

 with a German translation from the English of 

 three notable treatises by Sir W. Herschel, on the 

 Construction of the Heavens (Nicolovius, Konigsberg). 

 This Excerpt extended to near the close of the 

 fifth chapter, ending with the paragraph that closes 

 in the following translation at the top of p. 129, 

 and it included the new oral statement by Kant, 

 which is given in the footnote. Gensichen states 

 that ' Kant could not be moved to allow any 

 more to be reproduced ; the remainder contained, 

 he said, too much that was mere hypothesis for 

 him to be able to wholly approve of it still.' 

 Kant's final imprimatur went no further than this 

 Excerpt, but we easily see why he was suddenly 

 pulled up at that point, and it is not to be inferred 

 that he did not approve of a good deal that follows. 



4. Spurious Editions in Kanfs Life-time. A new 

 edition of the complete work appeared in Kant's 

 life-time, but without his co-operation, in 1797, 

 edited, with preface, by M. F. [M. Frege]. It 

 was published professedly at Frankfurt and Leipzig, 



