Roberto R. Aramayo. Immanuel Kant.(Book Review)

From: Utopian Studies | Date: March 22, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Madrid: Edaf, 2001. 224 pp. 9.02 [euro].

MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, books on philosophical subjects are dry, difficult to read, and usually a chore, for students especially, but for academics as well. So, when we pick up a book on Socrates, Jean Paul Sartre, or Jacques Derrida for example, we show others that we are among the few willing to brave dense prose, esoteric language, and late night headaches. It is almost a badge of honor among readers. There is no more glistening trophy than that carried by readers of Immanuel Kant. His dense, often off-putting prose is legendary. For ...

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