The writings of Immanuel Kant represent the high-water mark of modern philosophy. Few men have had as broad and profound an inflence as he did. Josiah Royce, for example, described Kant as "the thinker upon whom more than upon any other center, modern thought turns as upon a fulcrum."
The sheer bulk of Kant's Critique--in many ways his central work--has often deterred readers. Now, Norman Kemp Smith, in this authoritative and new translation, provides a skillfully abridged edition from which all minor and repetitive parts have been omitted. The editors of the Modern Library are pleased to include it as one of the great books that all readers will want to own.
Abridged and Translated by Norman Kemp Smith
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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.
