IMMANUEL KANT
\ɪmˈanjuːə͡l kˈant], \ɪmˈanjuːəl kˈant], \ɪ_m_ˈa_n_j_uː_əl k_ˈa_n_t]\
Definitions of IMMANUEL KANT
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- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)
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An eminent German philosopher; born at Konigsberg, April 22, 1724; died there, Feb. 12, 1804. His three great works were: "Kritik der Reinen Vernunft" (Critique of Pure Reason: 1781), which attempts to define the nature of those of our ideas which lie outside of experience, and to establish the basis of valid knowledge; "Kritik der Praktischen Vernunft" (Critique of the Practical Reason: 1788), which bases the ideas of God, freedom, and immortality on the ethical consciousness alone, denying that we have any right to hold them otherwise; "Kritik der Urteilskraft" (Critique of the Power of Judgment: 1790). He wrote also on cosmic physics, Aesthetics, pedagogy, ethics, the metaphysical basis of law, etc. He was professor of logic and metaphysics at the University of Konigsberg.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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