Immanuel Kant, Lectures on Ethics, trans. Peter Heath, Cambridge University Press, 1997, p. 45

Rousseau, that subtle Diogenes.

— Immanuel Kant on Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Immanuel Kant

About Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), born Emanuel Kant, was a German philosopher.