Pákei József levelei Körmöczi Jánoshoz (szövegközlés)
József Pákei’s Letters to János Körmöczi (text publishing)

Summary/Abstract: The paper off ers an introduction to (and publishes the text of) eight letters by József Pákei (1759–1802). Th e letters written between November 1794 and October 1797 were sent to János Körmöczi, who was traveling at the time. This correspondence was only partially known before from Kelemen Gál’s abridged edition. A new, unabridged publication is justifi ed by the abbreviated nature of Gál’s edition which ignores the true importance of the letters, especially concerning the Hungarian reception of Kant. Pákei’s letters reveal that in the 1790s, students in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) could encounter Kant’s teachings in Latin, within the framework of the college. Th e teachings were transmitted by Pákei, who, based on his letters to Körmöczi, emerges as an erudite expert of the Kantian literature of the time.

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