Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear,
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demanding material. Immanuel Kant's influence and
importance are difficult to exaggerate, his Three
Critiques - of Pure Reason, of Practical Reason and of
Judgment - standing as landmark works in the Western
philosophical canon. Anyone interested in or studying
philosophy will encounter Kant and hope to reach a
detailed understanding of his work. Nevertheless, Kant
is far from being an easy or straightforward subject for
study. The ideas entailed in his work - and the
connections between them - are complex, and the language
in which they are expressed is frequently opaque. Kant:
A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal text for anyone
finding it difficult to make headway with this key
philosopher. It offers a detailed account of each of the
three Critiques and the relationship between them. In so
doing, it ranges over Kant's epistemology, ethics,
political philosophy, aesthetics and philosophy of
religion, and explores his legacy for German Idealism.
Valuably, the book provides a way through Kant's often
impenetrable prose. Written with students in mind, and
tailored to meet their specific needs, this is a
reliable, authoritative and illuminating guide to one of
the central pillars of modern philosophy.
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