The Critical Philosophy of Hermann Cohen

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments I wish to thank those whose help made the completion of this book much less difficult and much more stimulating: Prof. Giuseppe Riconda, who followed the development of my work at every stage, offering encouragement, advice, and criticism. Our friendly, fruitful philosophical discussions kindled my enthusiasm for philosophy in general and the values of the critical school in particular; Prof. Helmut Holzhey, director of the Cohen-Archiv in Zurich, Switzerland, who not only was generous enough to allow me access over the years to his archive's bibliographical resources and to his own research, but also carried on a friendly, detailed series of discussions on the theme which is of interest to both of us, providing me with extremely useful advice and opinions. This personal and philosophical dialogue has proved to be of great value. I should also like to thank Prof. Luigi Pareyson for accepting the Italian edition of this book in the series he edits. It is with great pleasure that I make my book on Hermann Cohen available to American readers, in the hope that it will contribute to more widespread knowledge of his philosophy. I should like to take this opportunity of remembering the late Prof. Steven S. Schwarzschild, a sincere friend, who suggested that I have this book translated and encouraged me from the outset. For this reason I am honored to dedicate it to his memory. I should also like to thank Prof. Kenneth R. Seeskin, who kindly accepted this translation for publication in the series under his editorship , following the project through with understanding and patience. My further thanks go to Dr. John Denton, who translated the text both accurately and with a fine sense ofstyle, on more than one occasion expressing better in English what I had written in Italian. Xlll XIV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Last but not least, I am grateful to the State University of New York Press, and am proud to see one of my books included in their prestigious catalog. ...