Kant

I have been into reading philosophy in the past year. I have read many of the Routledge Guidebooks which I really like. However, the guidebooks are about a specific work of the phiolospher. I was looking for books that presented a general overview of the philosophy of particular Philosophers. I found such books in The Routledge Philosopher and The Arugments of the Philosophers Series both published by Routledge. Kant by Paul Guyer has been the first one that I read in The Routledge Philosopher Series. This is a very good read for those that are beginning to read philosophy (like me). Paul Guyer takes some very complex thought and explains it in very good terms for the layperson (versus the student or scholar of philosophy). Mr. Guyer uses many quotes from the actual texts of Kant. However, Mr. Guyer then explains what Kant was trying to say since many times the meaning is not apparent from the actual text itself. This book has very good sections on the Catagorical Imparative as well as Kant's Copernian Revolution. I also especially enjoyed the section on Kant's political philosophy whereby Kant believes that the people do not have a right to rebel against their government if such a government is a republic. I recommend this book for those that want to learn in general terms Kant philosophy. It has very good print and it a very good read. Even though this book was written for the non-student, it can still be a difficult read at times. This is merely based upon the thought of Kant instead of any defect in the writing by Mr. Guyer. Mr. Guyer did a very good job of bringing Kant's philosophy to the average reader of phiolosophy. I look forward to reading more works in The Routledge Philosopher Series. In fact, I have already started the book on Hobbes.

This is an excellent book for anyone interested in getting an introduction to Kant that doesn't require an advanced background in philosophy. Guyer's writing is clear and comprehensible for all of us non-specialists out there. I highly recommend this title!