Kant Immanuel Kant
1724–1804 · Prussia (Königsberg)
A Prussian philosopher who hardly ever left his native Königsberg. With the Critique of Pure Reason, which asked after the limits of reason, and the Critique of Practical Reason, which grounded morality, he changed the direction of modern philosophy. He is famous for the Enlightenment motto 'Dare to know' and for the categorical imperative never to treat a person merely as a means.
See Kant's ideas and sayingsMajor works
- Critique of Pure Reason
- Critique of Practical Reason
- Critique of Judgment
- Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Kant
I am Kant of Königsberg. I never left this city in my life and took my walk at the same hour every day, so I knew the world only through books and the tales of sailors.
Still, I spent a very long time working out what a human being ought to do. That matter you are hesitating over now, my friend: would it be acceptable if everyone did the same?
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