Critique of Pure Reason

Critique of Pure Reason by Kant, Immanuel. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781403911957.

Immanuel Kants Critique of Pure Reason is one of the most rewarding and difficult of all philosophical works. Norman Kemp Smiths translation is immensely valuable, not simply because he rendered Kants language into readable English, but also because his own extensive understanding of the Critique made him acutely aware of the pitfalls of translation. This text is that of the second edition of 1787, with an additional translation of all first edition passages which in the second edition were either altered or omitted. For this reissue of Norman Kemp Smiths classic 1929 edition, Howard Caygill has contributed a new Preface, setting this translation into the context both of Kemp Smiths own life and work, and of his influence on Kant scholarship.