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Also, how do you feel about Kant compared to other philosophers?

I Kant remember.

'Those who can, do; those who Kant, teach.'

Well he abuses the doctrine of separation, so if you're going to ask him why he does something then you have to take a long view of a historical person.

Assuming a funny Kant, he could easily say this part applies to a nation.

Mostly racist, Kant was basically the forefather of so called "scientific racism": https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/8-2020-8/kant-a-racist/

"Don't be a dick."

Timmyjinkle posted...

Mostly racist, Kant was basically the forefather of so called "scientific racism": https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/8-2020-8/kant-a-racist/

Might as well add a Do Not Pursue disclaimer

"I think therefore I am, I am therefore God"

Critique of pure reason is a goddamn slog to read.

The only person on this boat is apparently Thunberg

Grenade

Categorical imperative

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative

I had to read The Critique of Pure Reason in college. I found it very difficult. I know there's a big argument about the primacy of time and space in there somewhere. Something about manifolds and a priori knowledge. There's also some about whether and how we can have knowledge of things-in-themselves.

I found his political science work like on the perpetual peace theory easier to digest.

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I had trouble with all the German philosophers outside of Heidegger and Nietzsche and Jaspers. Kant, Fitchte, Schedlling, GWF Hegel. All gave me headaches somehow. Basically the broader German Idealism movement.

Fichte was the singular most confounding thing I ever had to read. I took a 400 level course in German idealism. His Wissenschaftslehre is, to this day, the hardest thing I ever read.

No one will engage with this person yet they want the knowledge

This knowledge was attained by a person someone would engage with

Taking bets on if I am still the dumbest person in the room

He has been referred to as "a real pissant".

I also have it on good authority he was very rarely stable.

Sunhawk posted...

Also, how do you feel about Kant compared to other philosophers?

You trying to make us do your homework for you huh

Arcanine2009 posted...

You trying to make us do your homework for you huh

lmao no he just enjoys that

You shouldnt even trouble yourself with Kant until you have a fairly intrinsic understanding of a number of Western philosophical strains that came before him. Because my loose understanding of him is that he was a complete student of the game. A good bit of what hes getting across is tied to already having good knowledge of the philosophy field.

masticatingman posted...

You shouldnt even trouble yourself with Kant until you have a fairly intrinsic understanding of a number of Western philosophical strains that came before him. Because my loose understanding of him is that he was a complete student of the game. A good bit of what hes getting across is tied to already having good knowledge of the philosophy field.

Not really, he is famous for one thing and has expanded lore

He basically tried to prove that the Golden Rule from Jesus and Confucius holds.