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Kant

American

[kant, kahnt] / kænt, kɑnt /

noun

Immanuel 1724–1804, German philosopher.

Kant British

/ kant, kænt /

noun

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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Kant later said his comments had been misinterpreted and were directed specifically at young people using fake degrees, rather than the country's youth more broadly.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Kant had said he was misquoted then too.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Königsberg, the home of Immanuel Kant, supplied a civic vocabulary: law, citizenship and Bildung—the ideal of self-cultivation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Kant later said his comments were taken out of context.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026

Schopenhauer, Kant, Nietzsche, naturally, I read all of those.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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