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Immanuel Kant - Gemaelde 1
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Johann Gottlieb Becker (1720-1782)
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Immanuel Kant (par Pfenning)
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«H. Pfenning» d'après Carle Vernet
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康德

Kāngdé
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Immanuel Kant, German philosopher of the Enlightenment, author of Critique of Pure Reason

About Immanuel Kant

1724–1804 · 思想家 thinker

German Enlightenment philosopher whose 纯粹理性批判 (Critique of Pure Reason) asks what the mind can know. His words on "the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me" are often quoted in China.

Also called  伊曼努尔·康德

Examples

HSK 6
康德提出了著名的“绝对命令”。
Kāngdé tíchū le zhùmíng de " juéduì mìnglìng ".
Kant put forward the famous '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 other two critiques are 实践理性批判 (Practical Reason) and 判断力批判 (Judgment). Legend says the people of Königsberg set their clocks by his afternoon walk, which he skipped only once, absorbed in Rousseau's Émile.

Stroke Order

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