The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant
THE PHILOSOPHY OF IMMANUEL KANT
BY A. D. LINDSAY, M.A.
FELLOW AND TUTOR OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD. 35 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C., & EDINBURGH NEW YORK: DODGE PUBLISHING CO.
FOREWORD
There is a story that Schopenhauer used to begin his lectures on Kant by saying: Let no one tell you what is contained in the Critique of Pure Reason . The writer of this little book hopes that no one will imagine that he has disregarded this warning. There are no short-cuts to the understanding of a great philosopher, and the only way to appreciate the greatness of a philosophic system is to study the philosopher's own writings. All that the writer of a book like this can hope to do is to persuade others to undertake that study by interesting them in the problems with which it deals, and by offering a few suggestions which may help to an understanding of it. I have said nothing about the numerous other works which Kant wrote. For the three Critiques contain his system, and the understanding of that is all-important.
CONTENTS
CHAP.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF KANT
CHAPTER I
THE IDEA OF CRITICISM