“Beauty has significance and meaning only for humans, for beings that are simultaneously animal and rational.”

In "Critique of Judgment" (1790), Kant offers an insightful analysis of our experience regarding the beautiful and the sublime, discussing the objectivity of taste, aesthetic indifference, the relationship between art and nature, the role of imagination, intellect, and originality, the limits of representation, and the connection between ethics and aesthetics. He also explores the validity of our judgments concerning the apparent perspective of nature in relation to the highest interests of reason and enlightenment.

This work profoundly influenced the artists and writers of the classical and romantic periods, as well as the philosophy of Hegel and Schelling. It has remained a reference point from Schopenhauer and Nietzsche to phenomenology, hermeneutics, the Frankfurt School, analytical aesthetics, and contemporary critical theory.

The classic translation by J. C. Meredith has been revised according to modern renderings and is provided with a bilingual glossary. This edition also includes the significant "First Introduction" that Kant originally drafted for the work.

Pages: 448, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm