Immanuel kant life biography of book

(1724-1804)

Who Was Immanuel Kant?

While tutoring, Immanuel Kant published science papers, including "General Natural History and Theory of the Heavens" in 1755.

He spent the next 15 years as a metaphysics lecturer. In 1781, he published the first part of Critique of Pure Reason. He published more critiques in the years preceding his death on February 12, 1804, in the city of his birth.

Early Life

Kant was the fourth of nine children born to Johann Georg Cant, a harness maker, and Anna Regina Cant.

Immanuel kant life biography of book summary

Later in his life, Immanuel changed the spelling of his name to Kant to to adhere to German spelling practices. Both parents were devout followers of Pietism, an 18th-century branch of the Lutheran Church. Seeing the potential in the young man, a local pastor arranged for the young Kant's education.

While at school, Kant gained a deep appreciation for the Latin classics.

In 1740, Kant enrolled at the University of Konigsberg as a theology student, but