ABSTRACT
Herbart was primarily a philosopher — of sufficient distinction, despite the obscurity which mars much of his work, to have occupied Kant's chair at Konigsberg for a considerable number of years. Indeed, he was more influenced by Kant — despite significant divergences — than he was by his own professor, Fichte; and some account of Kant's views constitutes a desirable propaedeutic to a consideration of Herbart's educational theory, for it was an inherent characteristic of that theory that it should form part of a philosophic system.
