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Ah, nobody reads Kant anymore; and even if they do, they tend to read just the first critique, stick to the analytic and focus on the "important" sections. You
by DiscourseFan 3y ago
Ah, nobody reads Kant anymore; and even if they do, they tend to read just the first critique, stick to the analytic and focus on the "important" sections. You have to read the whole thing! And then, if you're so privileged, and you have to time, nothing is more fruitful than going on towards the Groundwork for Metaphysics of Morals, and the Critique of the Power of Judgement. And once you've read that last book, maybe you will begin to understand Derrida. Or even better, you will begin to understand how to critique him.
- philbin 3y agoWhy try to understand Derrida? He apparently never understood himself. As for critiquing him, that is akin to putting toothpaste back into the tube. Some philosophers should be merely forgotten and, with luck, Derrida will be remembered(?) only as the Ozymandias of philosophers.
- DiscourseFan 3y agoSee, this is why I said that nobody reads Kant! No genius ever understands what they are doing. They create objects which take on a life of their own, and we are left infinitely mystified by them.