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Kant

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Kant  (knt, känt), Immanuel 1724-1804.
German philosopher whose synthesis of rationalism and empiricism, in which he argued that reason is the means by which the phenomena of experience are translated into understanding, marks the beginning of idealism. His classic works include Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and Critique of Practical Reason (1788), in which he put forward a system of ethics based on the categorical imperative.
Kanti·an adj. & n.
Kant [kænt (German) kant]
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(Biographies / Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804) M, German, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Immanuel (ɪˈmaːnueːl). 1724-1804, German idealist philosopher. He sought to determine the limits of man's knowledge in Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and propounded his system of ethics as guided by the categorical imperative in Critique of Practical Reason (1788)
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Noun1.Kant - influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)Kant - influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)
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Of late in Moscow and in the country, since he had become convinced that he would find no solution in the materialists, he had read and reread thoroughly Plato, Spinoza, Kant, Schelling, Hegel, and Schopenhauer, the philosophers who gave a non-materialistic explanation of life.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
In the earlier series of books containing, among others, Bosanquet's "History of Aesthetic," Pfleiderer's "Rational Theology since Kant," Albee's "History of English Utilitarianism," Bonar's "Philosophy and Political Economy," Brett's "History of Psychology," Ritchie's "Natural Rights," these objects were to a large extent effected.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
De Quincey was hardly less autobiographical when he wrote of Kant, or the Flight of the Crim-Tartars, than when he wrote of his own boyhood or the miseries of the opium habit.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
 
 
 
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