The Gathering of Reason: Second Edition

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Published by STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS ALBANY 2005©1980 by John Sallis All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press 194 Washington Avenue, Suite 305, Albany, NY 12210-2365 Production and book design, Laurie Searl Marketing, Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sallis, John, 1938– The gathering of reason / John Sallis. — Sec. ed. p. cm. — (SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-6453-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6454-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804. Kritik der reinen Vernunft. 2. Knowledge, Theory of. 3. Reason. 4. Imagination. 5. Dialectic. 6. Transcendentalism. I. Title. II. Series. B2779.S25 2005 121—dc22 2004022718 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 for Lauren and Kathryn “C’est l’imagination qui étend pour nous la mesure des possibles soit en bien soit en mal, et qui par consequent excite et nourrit les desirs par l’espoir de les satisfaire.” J.-J. ROUSSEAU, Émile ...