Full Name: Immanuel Kant
Born: 1724
Died: 1804
Hometown: Konigsberg, Prussie
Fave Subjects: How To Be Good, Truth, Knowledge and Understanding, Beauty and Art, Power, Astronomy
Career Highlights:
- won and award for making a discovery about how the Earth rotates
- did most of his important philosophy work after the age of 50
- wrote more than 30 books on philosophy and other subjects
- was so organized that his neighbours would set their watches by his morning walks (and his students loved him for it too)
Big Question:
Should rules about right and wrong be the same for everyone, all the time?
Pretty cool, huh? Read more about Mr. Kant in our ThinkAboutIt series!