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Ever since Immanuel Kant’s philosophies were introduced to the world, they have had a long standing and effective influence in our society. During Kant’s life, he developed many works, including his most famous, the Critique of Pure Reason, which laid out his strongest ideas. Kant mainly focused on the idea of metaphysics and the natural world throughout this critique, and we can still apply this to our knowledge of math, science, and nature in this 21st century. Immanuel Kant’s life, his outstanding philosophy, and reverbing influence helps us gain a greater understanding of our world as we know it today. Immanuel Kant was born on April 22, 1724 in Königsburg, a city located in what was then East Prussia. Today that city is called Kaliningrad in Russia. Growing up in Königsburg, he dominantly spoke German. Kant was born into a humble artisan family; his father was a harness maker. His mother was the daughter of a harness maker, however she was better educated than most of the other women of her class. Kant was brought up a Pietist, which was “an evangelical Lutheran movement that emphasized conversion, reliance on divine grace, the experience of religious emotions, and personal devotion involving regular Bible study, prayer, and introspection” (Rohlf 2). Kant however had a negative reaction to these values, and this most likely is why he focuses on reason and autonomy rather than emotions when he is developing his philosophy. Kant later attended college at the University of Königsburg. All of the first year students here study subjects such as math, metaphysics, logic, and natural law, which are all primary focal points of his philosophy. Kant went on to teach philosophy, and eventually develop many philosophical and sc...

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...dgments about what we might experience. The crucial question in the progress of philosophy is not how we come to understand the world, but rather how the world comes to be understood by us. We have to let the concepts and the nature of things mold the way we understand them rather than forcing our concepts match the nature of these things. During his life, Immanuel Kant developed an influential philosophy which has a profound meaning on our society today. One of his most famous works, the Critique of Pure Reason, which laid out his strongest ideas, mainly focuses on the ideas of metaphysics and the natural world. In this 21st century we can still apply this philosophy to our knowledge of math, science, and nature. Immanuel Kant’s life, his outstanding philosophy, and reverbing influence helps us gain a greater understanding of our world as we know it today.

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