Critique of Judgement (Bernard Translation)

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION

There is no lack of evidence that public interest in the Critical Philosophy Critical Philosophy: The philosophical system of Immanuel Kant, which investigates the nature and limits of human knowledge. has increased in recent days in these countries, as well as in America. To ease the labor of working through the dense thicket of Kant’s long sentences, the English-speaking student now has many resources that those who began their studies fifteen or twenty years ago did not enjoy. Numerous translations, paraphrases, and critiques have been published; so, while it is not yet true that "anyone can understand it at a glance," it may at least be said that a patient student with average diligence and intelligence will find the path clearly laid out.

And yet, the very number of these aids poses a risk. Whatever the value of short and easy handbooks may be in other fields of science, it is certain that no one will become a philosopher—nor even acquire a satisfactory knowledge of the history of philosophy—without personal and prolonged study of the very words original: ipsissima verba of the great masters of human thought. “Above all,” said Schopenhauer, “my truth-seeking young friends, beware of letting our professors tell you