Hii! Do you have any tips on dealing with Kant's writing?

Have you read the whole

COPR? Ripping my hair out ...

wine.

No, but seriously I took one course just on the Critique of Pure Reason, one that
included part of the Critique of Practical Reason,
and now in a course I have just finished the Critique of Judgement.

AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY, I HATE KANT BUT I HAVE READ ALL OF KANT AND I KNOW HIM SO
WELL!!!!

This is my method for Kant: I read it and I write notes as I go. Just keep writing
notes,
and if you get stuck you have to go to secondaries. There is one by Norman Kemp
Smith
(he also does a translation that used to be the standard, now I think it is the
Guyer)
� it is disgustingly large so I wouldn�t recommend reading it cover to cover but he
explains EVERYTHING like line by line�
so if you are stuck, look it up in there. There is also a Routledge book by
Sebastian Gardner which is helpful;
it is shorter and more readable.

I also in 2/3 of my courses on Kant have been quizzed on material BEFORE IT WAS
TAUGHT (which is insane in the first place but utterly insane for KANT). So I had
to basically teach, particularly the Critique of Pure Reason (i.e. the hardest
one!!!), to myself. You just have to force yourself through and eventually it
starts to stick�

It takes a bit of practice to get into his style and not to die while reading, but
after a while you get into it. But yea, you might have a stroke before that
happens. I think I did. Seriously the Pure Reason course basically gave me an
ulcer.

I find that a lot of people read Kant but without really reading Kant and they
only get a v superficial reading, so stick with it. Even if Kant isnt your area, he
is such an important figure to have. Ex: I don�t do Kant, I do Neoplatonism but I
needed to write a section on the Hegelian reading of one of my figures (Scotus
Eriugena) and I could NOT have understood Hegel and Schiller and friends if I
didn�t know Kant� Just keep your goals in mind and keep writing notes as you read
(with his little title things � that helps to keep those in mind).

Also, if you read German, it is EASIER to read in German than in English� idk why.
He is actually rather clear in German and a mess in translation haha

Good luck! If you have any questions, PLEASE message me. I know how the Critiques
feel�we should make a support group.