Author: R. A. C. Macmillan

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Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781330496350

Excerpt from The Crowning Phase of the Critical Philosophy: A Study in Kant's Critique of Judgment This little work is sufficiently described as a study in Kant's Critique of Judgment. But I have made extensive use of Kant's other writings, and perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the Critique of Judgment is made the basis in an interpretation of Kant's entire system, with a view to expressing the highest standpoint of his thought. The title of so small a work may seem somewhat pretentious, but it is chosen to indicate the author's opinion that Kant's Theory of Knowledge is not completely understood until it is followed as it passes into the last phase of his system. An essential problem in this study is naturally the relation of Aesthetic to Teleology. This problem is the distinctive feature of the Critique of Judgment, and must be taken as a serious contribution to philosophy. Our best authority for this point of view is Kant's own mental history, as it is given in his correspondence and academic lectures. To judge from the trend of recent speculation, the Critique of Judgment is about to come into its kingdom for the second time, and this very conjunction of Aesthetic and Teleology, which has been for so long neglected as a literary enigma, will become the natural formula for the philosophy of the twentieth century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.