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Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) is the central text of modern philosophy. It brings together the two opposing schools of philosophy: rationalism, which grounds all our knowledge in reason, and empiricism, which traces all our knowledge to experience. The Critique is a profound and challenging investigation into the nature of human reason, establishing its truth and its falsities, its illusions and its reality. Reason, argues Kant, is the seat of all concepts, including God, freedom and immortality and must therefore precede and surpass human experience.
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was one of the most influential philosophers of all time. His comprehensive and profound thinking on aesthetics, ethics and knowledge has had an immense impact on all subsequent philosophy.
Marcus Weigelt's lucid reworking of Max Müller's classic translation makes the critique accessible to a new generation of readers, while his informative introduction places the work in context and elucidates Kant's main arguments.
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Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, 1781, 1787; translated by Max Müller, revised by Marcus Weigelt, Penguin, 2007, 784 ff.
One of the great classics of western philosophy
By Howard Jones
To try to encapsulate even the essence of this great work in a review of a few hundred words is an almost impossible task. For a man who rarely if ever journeyed beyond the confines of his city of birth, Königsberg, this is a remarkable work and the first of three Critiques (the others on Practical Reason and on Judgement) that he wrote.
Kant presents us at the outset with the human dilemma: that we are burdened with questions we cannot ignore but which, transcending all our powers, we are also not able to answer. He points out that while, in an earlier age, metaphysics was regarded as the `queen of the sciences' amongst philosophers but that now, with the advance of scientific rationalism, discussion of metaphysics encourages only scorn. It was Kant's purpose in this treatise to explore the limits of metaphysics.
Although this is an excellent translation, because of the size of the work and the complexity of the subject matter, this is really a book for undergraduate philosophy students or, at least, readers familiar with philosophical argument and the necessary staying power to get through the material. In this edition there is a useful 76-page Introduction that puts Kant and the work in context, there are 24 pages of Notes at the end and a detailed Index to help readers track down particular subjects.
Dr Howard A. Jones is the author of The Thoughtful Guide to God (2006) and The Tao of Holism (2008), both published by O Books of Winchester, U.K.; and The World as Spirit published by Fairhill Publishing, Whitland, West Wales, 2011.
The Vision of Kant (Spirit of Philosophy)
Kant: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
The Philosophy of Kant
One of the great classics of western philosophy
By Howard Jones
To try to encapsulate even the essence of this great work in a review of a few hundred words is an almost impossible task. For a man who rarely if ever journeyed beyond the confines of his city of birth, Königsberg, this is a remarkable work and the first of three Critiques (the others on Practical Reason and on Judgement) that he wrote.
Kant presents us at the outset with the human dilemma: that we are burdened with questions we cannot ignore but which, transcending all our powers, we are also not able to answer. He points out that while, in an earlier age, metaphysics was regarded as the `queen of the sciences' amongst philosophers but that now, with the advance of scientific rationalism, discussion of metaphysics encourages only scorn. It was Kant's purpose in this treatise to explore the limits of metaphysics.
Although this is an excellent translation, because of the size of the work and the complexity of the subject matter, this is really a book for undergraduate philosophy students or, at least, readers familiar with philosophical argument and the necessary staying power to get through the material. In this edition there is a useful 76-page Introduction that puts Kant and the work in context, there are 24 pages of Notes at the end and a detailed Index to help readers track down particular subjects.
Dr Howard A. Jones is the author of The Thoughtful Guide to God (2006) and The Tao of Holism (2008), both published by O Books of Winchester, U.K.; and The World as Spirit published by Fairhill Publishing, Whitland, West Wales, 2011.
The Vision of Kant (Spirit of Philosophy)
Kant: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
The Philosophy of Kant
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I don't want to comment on Kant's Critique in general but this translation and the way it has opened up a richer image of the great philosopher.
I've never noticed before how rich Kant is. He is not a dry academic and, although he lived a very dull exterior life, his inward world was rich and full of wonder and depth. Yes, he seemed to have misread Swedenborg - but the very fact he engaged Swedenborg might historically be more important that what he said.
This penguin edition has a twofold pleasure: you can take it to the beach, on the train and it looks like a penguin classic. Only you know you hold one of the masterpieces of western philosophy in your hands.
If you can gain just a few hours of pure intellectual joy in reading this edition then you have shared my experience. It is time we took philosophy back from the sterile halls of professionalism and gave it back to the well educated working person.
A marvel and pleasure to read.
I've never noticed before how rich Kant is. He is not a dry academic and, although he lived a very dull exterior life, his inward world was rich and full of wonder and depth. Yes, he seemed to have misread Swedenborg - but the very fact he engaged Swedenborg might historically be more important that what he said.
This penguin edition has a twofold pleasure: you can take it to the beach, on the train and it looks like a penguin classic. Only you know you hold one of the masterpieces of western philosophy in your hands.
If you can gain just a few hours of pure intellectual joy in reading this edition then you have shared my experience. It is time we took philosophy back from the sterile halls of professionalism and gave it back to the well educated working person.
A marvel and pleasure to read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The translation seems to have brought out something which I had forgotten about, which is Kant's great charm as a thinker; there is something fundamentally innocent about him. As a constructor of hard argument, and of arguments that involve often subtle complexities, you keep rooting for him to bring things to their logical conclusion, which he does with impressive consistency. This new Penguin edition is also a relatively compact but still scholarly version of Kant, which can't be a bad thing.
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