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This paper has the aim of making Johannes von Kries's masterpiece, Die Principien der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung of 1886 (See CR55), a little more accessible to the modern reader in three modest ways: first, it discusses the historical background to the book (in particular, what Keynes later termed the 'principle of indifference'); next, it summarizes the basic elements of von Kries's approach (in particular, his 'Principle of the Spielraum'); and finally, it examines the so-called 'principle of cogent reason' with which von Kries's name is often identified in the English literature., Author(s): Sandy Zabell[sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) Department of Statistics, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University, 2006 Sheridan Rd, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA Introduction There is a curious paradox [...]