The debate on freedom did not stop where we left it in the previous chapter. The original Reinhold–Schmid controversy grew in scope with the publication of other books and reviews, and eventually acquired a new tone when Fichte entered on the scene. At one point, it degenerated into a nasty exchange of attacks and counterattacks between the new arrival and Schmid. We shall resume the narrative in due time when introducing Fichte. First, however, we must consider the event of greatest intellectual significance that took place in the course of the debate. That was the publication in 1793 of Kant's Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason. The first part of the book, “Of the Radical Evil in Human Nature,” had already been published the previous year in the Berlin Monthly. How it came to be published again, as the first part of a four-part volume, makes for an interesting story. In short, Kant found himself skirmishing against the Prussian censors. Since the story is well known, it need not detain us here.