Critical philosophy · 1724–1804
Immanuel Kant
Question the limits of reason.
Königsberg, Prussia · present-day Kaliningrad
Reading guides
A thread to guide your reading.
Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.
What it means to know
Approach the first Critique through its project and fundamental distinctions, without confusing the limits of knowledge with relativism.
Critique of Pure ReasonActing without reducing others to means
Read the Groundwork’s three sections through good will, maxims and respect for persons.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsThinking for yourself, together
A short essay for examining intellectual dependence and the conditions of thought that can be publicly challenged.
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?