康德

Kāngdé

proper noun

Meanings

1 Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher of the Enlightenment, author of Critique of Pure Reason

Characters

healthy, peaceful (phonetic Kan)

virtue (phonetic -t)

Examples

HSK 5

他提出了'绝对命令'的道德理论。

Tā tíchū le ' juéduì mìnglìng ' de dàodé lǐlùn.

He proposed the moral theory of the 'categorical imperative'.

HSK 7-9

康德是德国古典哲学的奠基人。

Kāngdé shì Déguó gǔdiǎn zhéxué de diànjīrén.

Kant is the founder of German classical philosophy.

Tips

culture

His three critiques - 纯粹理性批判 (Pure Reason), 实践理性批判 (Practical Reason), 判断力批判 (Judgment) - anchor most Chinese philosophy curricula. Famously said to have walked so punctually that Konigsberg residents set their clocks by him.

Stroke Order

康 kāng

德 dé