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Immanuel Kant [a] (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy.
Date of birth/death: 22 April 1724 : 12 February 1804 : Location of birth/death: Königsberg : ... Seite:Immanuel Kant Über Pädagogik Königsberg 1803.pdf/10;
22 April: Birth of Immanuel Kant, philosopher. [1] June: City of Königsberg expanded by uniting Altstadt, Kneiphof, and Löbenicht. [1] Königsberg City Archive is located in the Town Hall (approximate date). 1734 – 8 August: Polish King Stanisław Leszczyński stops in the city. [24] 1735 – Math problem "Seven Bridges of Königsberg ...
Königsberg was the birthplace of the mathematician Christian Goldbach and the writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, [143] as well as the home of the philosopher Immanuel Kant, [144] who lived there virtually all his life and rarely travelled more than ten miles (16 km) away from the city. [145]
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804). Major contributions in nearly every field of philosophy, especially metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics. Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786). Member of the Jewish Enlightenment. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781). Edmund Burke (1729–1797). Conservative political philosopher.
Immanuel Kant, 1763 E. T. A. Hoffmann, pre-1822 Agnes Miegel monument Hannah Arendt, 1958. Stanislovas Rapalionis (1485–1545), at Königsberg Albertina University first translator of the Bible into Lithuanian; Abraomas Kulvietis (1509–1545), religious reformer at Königsberg Albertina University
He was, like his father, a member of the social circle of intellectuals, the Philosophes, surrounding the celebrity enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant. Reusch is remembered two centuries later for his surviving written recollections of Kant and his friends before and during the years dominated by the French Revolution of 1789 and the ...
"Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose" or "The Idea of a Universal History on a Cosmopolitical Plan" [1] (German: Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht) is a 1784 essay by Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), a lecturer in anthropology and geography at Königsberg University.