[HM] Hilbert's epigraph from Kant

Bill Tait (wtait@ix.netcom.com)
Mon, 22 Jun 98 08:37:24 -0500

Questions concerning Hilbert's *Foundations of Geometry*.

Hilbert's epigraph in *Found Geom* is ``So f\"angt denn alle menschliche
Erkenntnis mit Anschauungen an, geht von da zu Begriiffen und endigt mit
Ideen.'' It is supposed to be a quote from the *Critique of Pure Reason*,
(A 298/B355); but the passage in Kant actually is ``Alle unsere
Erkenntiss hebt von den Sinnen an, geht von da zum Verstande und endigt
bei der Vernunft...''.

1) Did H intentionally misquote? 2) Is there possibly another source for
his version? 3) What did he mean by *his* words? `Intuition' and
`concepts', o.k. But what did he mean by `ending with ideas'?

Bill Tait