A Short Commentary On Kant's Critique Of Pure Reason
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Edition: 2nd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears, chipped along spine and folds. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Intact.
Few works in the history of Western thought have proven as formidable and transformative as Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, and A. C. Ewing's A Short Commentary on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason serves as an indispensable guide through its labyrinthine arguments. Ewing systematically unpacks Kant's revolutionary inquiry into the nature and limits of human knowledge, illuminating the Transcendental Aesthetic, the Analytic, and the Dialectic with precision and scholarly rigour. Each chapter carefully traces Kant's reasoning, making the dense architecture of one of philosophy's most challenging texts accessible without sacrificing intellectual depth. Ewing, a distinguished Cambridge philosopher, brings his characteristic clarity and analytical sharpness to bear on Kant's synthesis of rationalism and empiricism, situating the Critique within its broader philosophical context. Long regarded as a standard reference work for both students and professional philosophers, this commentary bridges the gap between Kant's eighteenth-century German idealism and the tradition of British analytic philosophy. For anyone who has ever wrestled with Kant's prose and wondered what lies beneath the surface, Ewing's guide promises not just comprehension, but genuine philosophical revelation.
Author: A. C. Ewing
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961, Methuen
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: 2nd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears, chipped along spine and folds. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Intact.
Few works in the history of Western thought have proven as formidable and transformative as Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, and A. C. Ewing's A Short Commentary on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason serves as an indispensable guide through its labyrinthine arguments. Ewing systematically unpacks Kant's revolutionary inquiry into the nature and limits of human knowledge, illuminating the Transcendental Aesthetic, the Analytic, and the Dialectic with precision and scholarly rigour. Each chapter carefully traces Kant's reasoning, making the dense architecture of one of philosophy's most challenging texts accessible without sacrificing intellectual depth. Ewing, a distinguished Cambridge philosopher, brings his characteristic clarity and analytical sharpness to bear on Kant's synthesis of rationalism and empiricism, situating the Critique within its broader philosophical context. Long regarded as a standard reference work for both students and professional philosophers, this commentary bridges the gap between Kant's eighteenth-century German idealism and the tradition of British analytic philosophy. For anyone who has ever wrestled with Kant's prose and wondered what lies beneath the surface, Ewing's guide promises not just comprehension, but genuine philosophical revelation.