Immanuel Kant
Born 22 April 1724 · Died 12 February 1804
From Königsberg, Brandenburg-Prussia, German Empire · Nationality: Kingdom of Prussia
Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg. Kant was the last influential philosopher of modern Europe in the classic sequence of the theory of knowledge during the Enlightenment beginning with thinkers John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume.
Kant created a new perspective in philosophy which had widespread influences on philosophy continuing through to the 21st century. He published important works on epistemology, as well as works relevant to religion, law, and history. One of his most prominent works is the Critique of Pure Reason, an investigation into the limitations and structure of reason itself. It encompasses an attack on traditional metaphysics and epistemology, and highlights Kant's own contribution to these areas. The other main works of his maturity are the Critique of Practical Reason, which concentrates on ethics, and the Critique of Judgment, which investigates aesthetics and teleology. 1
Quotes
“Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer.”
Critique of Pure Reason “Abbot Terrasson tells us that if the size of a book were measured not by the number of its pages but by the time required to understand it, then we could say about many books that they would be much shorter were they not so short.”
Critique of Pure Reason “The light dove, cleaving the air in her free flight, and feeling its resistance, might imagine that its flight would be still easier in empty space.”
Critique of Pure Reason “It is therefore correct to say that the senses do not err — not because they always judge rightly, but because they do not judge at all.”
Critique of Pure Reason “Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.”
Critique of Practical Reason
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Books by Immanuel Kant in order
Books by Immanuel Kant in the order they were published, from Kant's Cosmogony as in His Essay on the Retardation of the Rotation of the Earth and His Natural History and Theory of the Heavens (1755) to Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Come Forward As Science With Kant's Letter to Marcus Herz, February 27, 1772 (2001).
- 1Kant's Cosmogony as in His Essay on the Retardation of the R
Kant's Cosmogony as in His Essay on the Retardation of the Rotation of the Earth and His Natural History and Theory of the Heavens1755 - 2Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime1771 - 3Kant's Critique of Judgement
Kant's Critique of Judgement1781 - 4Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics1785 - 5Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and Other Works on the T
Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and Other Works on the Theory of Ethics1788 - 6Critique of Judgment
Critique of Judgment1793 - 7Perpetual Peace
Perpetual Peace1795 - 8The Metaphysics of Morals
The Metaphysics of Morals1797 - 9Anthropologie in Pragmatischer Hinsicht
Anthropologie in Pragmatischer Hinsicht1798 - 10Kant's Introduction to Logic and His Essay on the Mistaken S
Kant's Introduction to Logic and His Essay on the Mistaken Subtilty of the Four Figures1800 - 11Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to C
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Come Forward As Science With Kant's Letter to Marcus Herz, February 27, 17722001 - 12Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason - 13Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals - 14Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals ; with, On a Suppose
Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals ; with, On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns - 15Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals
Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals - 16Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals - 17Kant
Kant - 18Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics - 19Lectures on Ethics
Lectures on Ethics - 20Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone
Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone - 21The Doctrine of Virtue
The Doctrine of Virtue - 22The Metaphysic of Ethics
The Metaphysic of Ethics - 23The Philosophy of Kant
The Philosophy of Kant