Immanuel Kant (German: Immanuel Kant German pronunciation: [Ma? nu？ e？ l？ Kant], 1724-65438 April 22nd +65438 February+02,0804) is a famous German philosopher and the founder of German classical philosophy. His theory deeply influenced modern western philosophy and opened many schools such as German idealism and Kantism.
Kant was the last major philosopher in the Enlightenment and a representative figure in German ideological circles. He reconciled rene descartes's rationalism with Bacon's empiricism, and is regarded as one of the most influential thinkers in the West after Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
Kant has his own ideological system and many works, among which three core works are collectively called "Three Criticism", namely, Critique of Pure Reason, Critique of Practical Reason and Critique of Judgment. These three books systematically expounded his epistemology, ethics and aesthetic thoughts respectively. The criticism of pure reason has attracted special attention from academic circles, which indicates that the main direction of philosophical research has shifted from ontology to epistemology. It is an epoch-making masterpiece in the history of western philosophy and is regarded as the beginning of modern philosophy. In addition, Kant has important works on philosophy of religion, philosophy of law and philosophy of history.