ALSO, there are some horribly bad video's out there on Kant, especially by people like MrCropper and other post-modern types. I would like to clear up a lot of misunderstandings, though I dont claim to get it all.
You've read him in German? Nice, I would like to learn German.
On the other hand, if you are the thinking-type person oriented to, wrapped up in, problems such as: what is nature of space and time? Can 'reason' explain everything? Can we know everything? What are the limits to what we can say or think or see? IF these are real problems to you then Brian Magee is right when he says:
"Reading Kant is like walking into a lit room, like returning to ones home country."
Kant affected me deeply, his philosophy constitutes my basic vision of the world.
Wow! I am so glad to find someone who has read Brian Magee. I have his Wagner & Philosophy and Philosophy of Schopenhauer. He does a wonderful job don't you think? I hope to hear your studies of Kant and will sub in anticipation. Regards, Chas
Yes! The only response I have to your often-said comment about not wanting to endure Kant's elliptical style is this:
If you do not already have inside you the problems that he is trying to tackle, if YOU are not already haunted since childhood by the things he is trying to express, then of course he will seem boring and turgid.
I cant wait eventhough I am not sure if I like the idea of potentialy having to read Kant's long and never ending sentences myself. At least in german Kant is a pain to read
video still not done?
romanticirony 2 years ago
ALSO, there are some horribly bad video's out there on Kant, especially by people like MrCropper and other post-modern types. I would like to clear up a lot of misunderstandings, though I dont claim to get it all.
You've read him in German? Nice, I would like to learn German.
ARCHETECTONIC 3 years ago
On the other hand, if you are the thinking-type person oriented to, wrapped up in, problems such as: what is nature of space and time? Can 'reason' explain everything? Can we know everything? What are the limits to what we can say or think or see? IF these are real problems to you then Brian Magee is right when he says:
"Reading Kant is like walking into a lit room, like returning to ones home country."
Kant affected me deeply, his philosophy constitutes my basic vision of the world.
ARCHETECTONIC 3 years ago
Wow! I am so glad to find someone who has read Brian Magee. I have his Wagner & Philosophy and Philosophy of Schopenhauer. He does a wonderful job don't you think? I hope to hear your studies of Kant and will sub in anticipation. Regards, Chas
brychar66 3 years ago
Thank you! I highly recommend his autobiography, Confessions of a Philosopher. . .
ARCHETECTONIC 3 years ago
I never read that. I'll have to get it. Thanks!
brychar66 3 years ago
Yes! The only response I have to your often-said comment about not wanting to endure Kant's elliptical style is this:
If you do not already have inside you the problems that he is trying to tackle, if YOU are not already haunted since childhood by the things he is trying to express, then of course he will seem boring and turgid.
ARCHETECTONIC 3 years ago
I cant wait eventhough I am not sure if I like the idea of potentialy having to read Kant's long and never ending sentences myself. At least in german Kant is a pain to read
bwhahrhr 3 years ago