Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant was a philosopher whose work transformed debates about knowledge, ethics and human freedom. His Critique of Pure Reason investigated the limits of understanding, while his moral philosophy placed reason and autonomy at its center.

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Königsberg · 1795

This calendar follows accounts of Kant’s teaching years in Königsberg during the 1790s, later adapted by Thomas De Quincey. Lectures, a long sociable dinner and walking structured the day. The year 1795 is representative; this is not the routine of his final illness.