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I cannot understand the following sentences from "Critique of Pure Reason"by Kant:

"Are they(space and time)only determinations or also relations of things,but still such as would belong to them even if they were not intuited?"

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CalifJim · Accepted Answer

grape gray 130I cannot understand the following sentences from "Critique of Pure Reason" by Kant.

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You need to consult an expert in eighteenth-century philosophy. An English grammar forum is not going to help much because you need to know the unusual terminology of that kind of philosophy, which often contains ordinary words with special definitions developed exclusively for use in philosophy.

Also, note that this is a translation from the original German, and there may be problems with the translation. For example, "still such as would belong to them" seems to make no sense. You may need a better translation if you want to read it in English.

See https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-best-English-translation-of-Kants-Critique-of-Pure-Reason

Here's the Guyer and Wood translation.

http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/kant-first-critique-cambridge.pdf

CJ

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