Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006

Kant writes "...sie über die Grenze aller Erfahrung hinausgehen..."

But isn't 'transcend' sufficient for "...über die
Grenze...hinausgehen.."?

Merriam-Webster:

'Transend'
"1 a : to rise above or go beyond the limits of .."

Thus: "...weil die Grundsätze, deren die sich bedient, da sie über
die Grenze aller Erfahrung hinausgehen, keinen Probierstein der
Erfahrung mehr anerkennen."

"...because the principles which Reason employs, as they transcend
experience, admit of no empirical test."

Why, then, do these idiots translate it this way:

N. Kemp Smith, 1929
"For since the principles of which it is making use transcend the
limits of experience, they are no longer subject to any empirical
test."

F. Max Müller:, 1881
"...because the principles which it follows transcend all the limits of
experience and therefore withdraw themselves from all experimental
tests. "

JMD Meiklejohn, 1855:
"..because the principles it employs, transcending the limits of
experience, cannot be tested by that criterion. "