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colorfulleo92's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting work but I know too little about the subject to have a good opinion. But it was pretty readable.
alexander0's review against another edition
3.0
A good read to get the gist of prominent debates of an introductory phil of religion course. That being said, I don't feel like I needed to know this for my own purposes. My use of the area is more related to Descartes and Spinoza. This was a good read if only to know where I disagree with Kantian reason.
blueyorkie's review against another edition
5.0
Immanuel Kant seeks to carry out this work's enormous difficulty and merit. It is about trying to place religious thought and the feeling of religiosity within the scope of human rationality. Religion within the limits of Simple Reason is a work that aims to unveil the rational mechanisms that engender the perception of divinity, discarding, however, the direct interventions of God and the hypotheses linked to divine enlightenment by the work of the Divine Holy Spirit, by Dues or by his Angels and Saints. The author, in his investigations, assumes that the duality of existence represents good and evil. Fundamentally affects the individual, and only through inner clarification man can understand his role in the face of the universal struggle between good and evil, which is in the world but is also present within it. Throughout his book, he demonstrates that in all monotheistic religions, the dual principle exists. Yet, when compared, all these religions reveal common characteristics, suggesting ways of harmonizing man with nature and God.
In short, what Kant intends in this work is to demonstrate that the experience of religiosity and contemplative ecstasy is also possible through the path of rational enlightenment and philosophical speculation, focused on the study of sacred works, especially concerning monotheistic religions and, even closer, to Christian faiths. To this end, it indicates ways of seeking divinity and "enlightenment" based on logical reasoning.
In short, what Kant intends in this work is to demonstrate that the experience of religiosity and contemplative ecstasy is also possible through the path of rational enlightenment and philosophical speculation, focused on the study of sacred works, especially concerning monotheistic religions and, even closer, to Christian faiths. To this end, it indicates ways of seeking divinity and "enlightenment" based on logical reasoning.
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