Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics: and the Letter to Marcus Herz, February 1772

Worth reading / studying before the critiques of pure reason.

This is a concise introduction to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781), written in response to critics who all ignored the transcendental deduction and claimed either Kant was a sceptic or and idealist. Kant correctly responded that critics missed the thrust of transcendental philosophy. The Prolegomena includes the famous " dogmatic slumber" line, and links with the work of Hume and others. This edition is lovely, beautifully translated, nice font and paper. Highly recommended!

"easy" read in the sense that the book is concise, follows a very logical and explicitly laid out progression, and Kant -as he does- repeats points multiple times. The content is actually quite clear and straightforward too, the main difficulties i had were related to his sentence structure and figuring out which pronouns referred to what. Totally accessible for an interested layman once you understand the context of the work.Must read for before the critique

I'm very satisfied.

Ellington's translation is brilliant. A great edition and good quality printing.