The Only Use of
Immanuel Kant
in
Man And Superman
- Therefore when a man comes along who can and does reason, and who, applying the Kantian test to his conduct, can truly say to us, If everybody did as I do, the world would be compelled to reform itself industrially, and abolish slavery and squalor, which exist only because everybody does as you do, let us honor that man and seriously consider the advisability of following his example.†
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Definition:
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(Immanuel Kant) German philosopher generally considered the last major philosopher of the Enlightenment; emphasized the categorical imperative; criticized proofs of God, but believed God's existence must be assumed by rational, moral individuals (1724-1804)editor's notes: In his Critique of Pure Reason Kant distinguishes between knowledge from experience and universal knowledge from reason such as mathematics. He distinguishes between human perception and objective reality to the point of saying that time, space, and causation may not exist outside the human mind. Still, he disagrees with those who say no universal truth can be found through experience. While experience can lead to universal understandings, it cannot lead to understanding of metaphysics. Instead, metaphysics should be studied through a critique of human reason.
The book is said to have moved philosophy beyond the debate between the rationalists and empiricists.