Immanuel Kant

1724 - 1804

About the Author

Kant was a German philosopher who taught for many years at the University of Koenigsberg. He made pivotal contributions to the study of ethics and epistemology and was a leading figure in the German Enlightenment.

For more information see the Biographical Essay in the Forum.

For additional information about Immanuel Kant see the following:

• in the Goodrich Seminar Room: Immanuel Kant

In The Library:

• author: The Best of the OLL No. 13: Immanuel Kant, “The Principles of Political Right” (1791) (2013)
• author: The Critique of Judgement (1892)
• author: Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason and Other Works on the Theory of Ethics (1785)
• author: Critique of Pure Reason (1881)
• author: Kant on Education (über Pädagogik) (1803)
• author: The Metaphysics of Ethics (1796)
• author: Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay (1917 ed.) (1795)
• author: The Philosophy of Law: An Exposition of the Fundamental Principles of Jurisprudence as the Science of Right (1796)
• author: Kant’s Principles of Politics, including his essay on Perpetual Peace. A Contribution to Political Science (1784)
• author: Kant’s Prolegomena and Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science. (1783)

Quotations:

• Kant on the natural right to seek happiness in one’s own way (1791) (18 March, 2013)