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A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'

Norman Kemp Smith · Public domain text

281,680 words · about 19 h 44 min to read

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Author
Norman Kemp Smith (1872–1958)
Language
English
Subjects
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Kritik der reinen Vernunft
Length
281,680 words · about 19 h 44 min
Sections
41 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (41)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Preface about 4 min
  3. I. THE TRANSCENDENTAL AESTHETIC 79-166 under 1 min
  4. II. THE TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC 167 under 1 min
  5. I. THE CLUE TO THE DISCOVERY OF ALL PURE CONCEPTS OF THE UNDERSTANDING 175 under 1 min
  6. II. DEDUCTION OF THE PURE CONCEPTS OF THE UNDERSTANDING 202 about 1 min
  7. II. SYSTEM OF ALL PRINCIPLES OF PURE UNDERSTANDING 342 under 1 min
  8. II. THE TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC--Continued. under 1 min
  9. III. ON THE GROUND OF THE DISTINCTION OF ALL OBJECTS WHATEVER INTO PHENOMENA AND NOUMENA 404 under 1 min
  10. I. THE CONCEPTS OF PURE REASON 446 under 1 min
  11. I. THE PARALOGISMS OF PURE REASON 455 under 1 min
  12. II. THE ANTINOMY OF PURE REASON 478 under 1 min
  13. II. THE TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC--Continued. about 1 min
  14. III. THE IDEAL OF PURE REASON 522 under 1 min
  15. II. THE TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC--Continued. about 1 min
  16. I. THE DISCIPLINE OF PURE REASON 563 under 1 min
  17. II. THE CANON OF PURE REASON 569 under 1 min
  18. IV. THE HISTORY OF PURE REASON 582 about 1 min
  19. Introduction about 1 h 9 min
  20. A COMMENTARY TO KANT’S “CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON” about 5 min
  21. Dedication about 30 min
  22. Introduction about 1 h 26 min
  23. I. THE TRANSCENDENTAL AESTHETIC about 2 h 17 min
  24. Introduction about 13 min
  25. I. THE ANALYTIC OF CONCEPTS under 1 min
  26. Chapter I about 43 min
  27. II. DEDUCTION OF THE PURE CONCEPTS OF THE UNDERSTANDING about 3 h 33 min
  28. II. THE ANALYTIC OF PRINCIPLES about 3 min
  29. I. THE SCHEMATISM OF PURE CONCEPTS OF UNDERSTANDING[1103] about 13 min
  30. II. SYSTEM OF ALL PRINCIPLES OF PURE UNDERSTANDING about 1 h 40 min
  31. Chapter III about 20 min
  32. Appendix about 37 min
  33. Introduction about 8 min
  34. I. THE CONCEPTS OF PURE REASON[1381] about 14 min
  35. I. THE PARALOGISMS OF PURE REASON[1411] about 37 min
  36. II. THE ANTINOMY OF PURE REASON[1495] about 1 h 10 min
  37. III. THE IDEAL OF PURE REASON about 1 h 6 min
  38. I. THE DISCIPLINE[1685] OF PURE REASON about 8 min
  39. II. THE CANON[1711] OF PURE REASON about 15 min
  40. III. THE ARCHITECTONIC OF PURE REASON[1743] about 2 min
  41. IV. THE HISTORY OF PURE REASON[1755] about 3 h 6 min

The opening of Preface

The Critique of Pure Reason is more obscure and difficult than even a metaphysical treatise has any right to be. The difficulties are not merely due to defects of exposition; they multiply rather than diminish upon detailed study; and, as I shall endeavour to show in this Commentary, are traceable to two main causes, the composite nature of the text, written at various dates throughout the period 1772-1780, and the conflicting tendencies of Kant’s own thinking.

The Commentary is both expository and critical; and in exposition no less than in criticism I have sought to subordinate the treatment of textual questions and of minor issues to the systematic discussion of the central problems. Full use is made of the various selections from Kant’s private papers that have appeared, at intervals, since the publication of his Lectures on Metaphysics in 1821. Their significance has not hitherto been generally recognised in English books upon Kant. They seem to me to be of capital importance for the right understanding of the Critique.

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