Kant: A Biography [Immanuel Kant]. by Kuehn, Manfred - 2002

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. 544 pp. The first full-length biography of the influential German philosopher in more than fifty years. It is well known that Kant spent his entire life in an isolated part of Prussia living the life of a typical university professor. This has given rise to the view that Kant was a pure thinker with no life of his own, or at least none worth considering seriously. This biography debunks that myth once and for all. Taking account of the most recent scholarship Professor Kuehn allows the reader (whether interested in philosophy, history, politics, German culture, or religion) to follow the same journey that Kant himself took in emerging as a central figure in modern philosophy.