KrV B xxvii–xxviii

The passage

From the preface to the second edition, the one sentence that answers the supposition of the sentences before it (B xxvii). The span begins mid-line at »Wenn aber« (3:17.18) and ends at »vorgeht« (3:17.28). The whole sentence is conditional: its two »wenn« clauses carry the critique's two results, the two meanings of the object and the restriction of causality to the first, and the »so« clause carries what then holds of the will; the clause »wenn die Kritik nicht geirrt hat, da sie ... lehrt« says by its »da« that the critique does teach this and makes only its not having erred the condition. »eben dieselbe ... sind« is plural by its verb and is rendered »the very same things«. The A/B pages are given from the standard concordance; the AA line is the authoritative locator.