Help me out Veeky Forums, I've read most major philosophers before Kant and now I'm finally cracking open his Critique of Pure Reason. While I haven't read too deeply into rationalism and empiricism, I feel confident enough with the basic ideas that I can move onto Kant. I know this work probably isn't the best place to start with him, but I like to dive into a writer's main work then go back later for the contextual stuff. That said, what are your thoughts and advice for a first time reader? What do you wish you knew the first time you read it? What is some good secondary literature I should read afterwards, and what other works by him are worth checking out?
Thanks
Thomas Wilson
i too would like to know these things
Brody Adams
Have you read Hume?
Xavier Clark
this has my attention tho
Nathan Nelson
I've read his enquiry concerning human understanding a while back, I think I'm going to reread that and Descartes meditations real quick before i start kant
Samuel Jenkins
why wouldn't you start with his shorter earlier stuff? ignoring all the mystical and logical bits seems bound to lead to you thinking he was just dissing reason not saying don't go too far the other way. i hope you read swedenborg first though if you're going to read his early stuff.
>secondary literature I should read after Schopenhauer. But you'll have to read the earlier works then too
Robert Powell
>reading Deleuzian interpretations of philosophers to get an accurate picture of philosophers
Colton Young
It's even worse than reading Nietzsche to understand otger philosophers.
Lincoln Adams
>I've read most major philosophers before Kant >I haven't read too deeply into rationalism and empiricism Does not compute.
Definitely reacquaint yourself with Descartes and Hume. Some Leibniz and Berkeley would help too. Feel free to check out the Prolegomena for help.
