The Significance Of The End Of All Things In The Field Of The Historical Philosophy

Although included in different versions of Kant's selected works on the philosophy of history, The End Of all Things is always neglected by many researchers. The reason for this is that this work is also concerned not with political theme but with Kant's idea on moral and religion. The question that this paper wants to talk about is just as follows: To what extent can we say that The End Of All Things is a component of Kant's philosophy of history?For one thing, based on analyses about the historical background and the writing context of that work, the author shows that political theme and religious theme is undividable from each other for Kant. For another, by analyses of the text, this paper draws conclusion just as follows: firstly, according to the theory that people's moral principles can be established only in an ethical community, the last judgment is not for individuals, but for this community, secondly, the moral end can be reached only by the power of God, however human beings also have their obligation for this, which can be fulfilled only through Christianity, that is a historical process, lastly, although immortality cannot be pictured in empirical level, but it can be our inner disposition in this process, we can infinite approach it.