Noi non conosciamo altro che il nostro modo di percepire gli oggetti

English translation: We know nothing more than our own mode of perceiving them (objects)

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Italian term or phrase:	Noi non conosciamo altro che il nostro modo di percepire gli oggetti
English translation:	We know nothing more than our own mode of perceiving them (objects)
Entered by:	Cedric Randolph

11:02 Sep 27, 2011

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy / looking for an official translation of an extract from Critique of Pure reason

Italian term or phrase: Noi non conosciamo altro che il nostro modo di percepire gli oggetti

“Noi abbiamo dunque voluto dire che tutta la nostra intuizione non è altro che la rappresentazione di un'apparenza; che le cose da noi intuite non sono in sé stesse così come le intuiamo, e che i loro rapporti non sono costituiti in sé così come appaiono a noi; che se noi sopprimiamo il nostro soggetto, o anche soltanto la costituzione soggettiva dei sensi in generale, in tal caso tutta quanta la costituzione e tutti i rapporti degli oggetti nello spazio e nel tempo, anzi persino lo spazio e il tempo, sono destinati a svanire. Tutte queste cose, in quanto apparenze, non possono esistere in sé stesse, ma esistono soltanto in noi. Di che cosa mai possa trattarsi, riguardo agli oggetti in sé stessi, separati da tutta questa recettività della nostra sensibilità, ci rimane perfettamente ignoto. Noi non conosciamo altro che il nostro modo di percepire gli oggetti.”

Hello everyone,
I am looking for an official translation of this extract of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. I have found a link to amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Critique-Reason-Cambridge-Works-Imma...
in which you can look inside the book.

I understand this is part of 'passage B65', but the English text on that link seems unrelated (or way above my intellectual abilities).
I could send the customers my own translation, but this is Kant we are talking about, and way above my philosophy levels.
thank you!

Kreonia KudoZ activity Questions: 92 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 13 United Kingdom
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We know nothing more than our own mode of perceiving them (objects)

Explanation:
Quoted from citations by Kant in english on the web site below:
"What may be the nature of objects considered as things in themselves and without reference to the receptivity of our sensibility is quite unknown to us. We know nothing more than our own mode of perceiving them, which is peculiar to us, and which, though not of necessity pertaining to every being, does so to human beings."

http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Philosophy-Immanuel-Kant-Philo...

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Cedric Randolph
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Local time: 07:38

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4 +1

Our own way of perceiving objects is the only way we have.

Teresa Valaer

3 +2

We know nothing more than our own mode of perceiving them (objects)

Cedric Randolph

4 +1

We do not know any way of perceiving objects other than our own

Thomas Roberts

We have no other way of percieving things but our own

Daniela Panayotova

Discussion entries: 3

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Our own way of perceiving objects is the only way we have.

Explanation:
I would go for a literal straightforward translation of the Italian and bypass English translations that already exist.

Teresa Valaer
Italy
Local time: 07:38
Native speaker of: English

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

We know nothing more than our own mode of perceiving them (objects)

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 07:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

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27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

We do not know any way of perceiving objects other than our own

Explanation:
Since this is allegedly a quote from Kant, I would try and maintain as formal a register as possible.

For the record, the point being made is that we cannot factor ourselves out of the perception of objects (or the intuition of objects in Kant-speak).

Thomas Roberts
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 16

2 hrs confidence:

We have no other way of percieving things but our own

Explanation:
sounds closest to the meaning of the clause

Daniela Panayotova
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Bulgarian

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