In April, 1745, God appeared to a Swedish civil servant named Emanuel Swedenborg in a London tavern. Swedenborg was no wild-eyed prophet but, rather, a fifty-seven-year-old scientist and engineer who ...

In the past, we have covered various scientists and their contributions to their respective professions, but we’ve never touched based on professors of philosophy. Not until now, that is. Immanuel ...

Perhaps more than any other philosopher, Immanuel Kant has suffered the praise of having been labeled an historical optimist. Kant’s writings on international affairs have been misconstrued as a ...

The museum's new wing, designed as a five-story building with an inner courtyard, was constructed to accommodate the extensive collection. The total construction costs for the new wing amounted to ...

Philosopher Immanuel Kant believed happiness is not a gift but a personal creation. He stressed individual responsibility for ...

Anyone who relies on the voice of reason cannot ignore Immanuel Kant. April 22 marks the 300th anniversary of the German philosopher's birth. What does the author of ...

For Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), a good disposition is the ideal endpoint, and not the necessary starting point, of moral progress. (clu / iStock / Getty Images) But to understand how we can realise ...

Just recently, Shoshana Liessmann and Antje Herzog wrote about Immanuel Kant in honor of his 300 th birthday and explained how the celebrated “revolutionary thinker and one of the most prominent ...

Many who partake in extreme sports like paragliding or bungee jumping, ride rollercoasters, or watch horror movies are really ...