Mary J. Gregor (January 1, 1928 – October 31, 1994) was an American author, translator, and professor. She was a Kant scholar and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...

, best known for translating the works of the German philosopher

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German Philosophy, philosopher and one of the central Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works ...

. Allen W. Wood has recognized her translations as characterized "not only by meticulous linguistic accuracy and scholarly erudition but also by an unfailing sense of style and an uncanny ability to render Kant's meaning into readable and even elegant English".

Publications

Translations of Kant's work

* (1964) ''The Doctrine of Virtue''. * (1974) ''Anthropology from a Pragmatic Standpoint''. . * (1979) ''The Conflict of the Faculties''. * (1985) ''On the Philosopher's Medicine of the Body''. * *

References

External links

* * 1928 births 1994 deaths San Diego State University faculty Kantian philosophers American women philosophers 20th-century American philosophers Translators from German Translators of Immanuel Kant 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American translators American women non-fiction writers {{US-translator-stub