Critique of Pure Reason, Second Edition

ImmanuelKant'sCritiqueofPureReasonisbothoneofthemostrewardingofallphilosophicalworks,andoneofthemostdifficult.NormanKempSmith'stranslationisimmenselyvaluable,notsimplybecauseherenderedKant'slanguageintoreadableEnglish,butalsobecausehisownextensiveunderstandingoftheCritiquemadehimacutelyawareofthepitfallsoftranslation.Thetextfollowedisthatofthesecondeditionof1787,andatranslationisalsogivenofallfirst-editionpassageswhichinthesecondeditionhavebeeneitheralteredoromitted.ForthisreissueofNormanKempSmith'sclassictranslation,renownedKantscholarGaryBanhamhascontributedaunique,extensivebibliographyofsecondaryresources.CombinedwithHowardCaygill'scontext-settingintroductionandguidetofurtherreading,thisreissueprovidesthedefinitiveeditionofthiscornerstoneofWesternintellectualhistory.