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Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) is the central figure in modern philosophy. He synthesized early modern rationalism and empiricism, set the terms for much of nineteenth and twentieth century philosophy.

-Kant was born into an artisan family of modest means. His father was a master harness maker, and his mother was the daughter of a harness maker.

-He published his first work concerned with the possibility of metaphysics, which later became a central topic of his mature philosophy.

- His parents were Pietist and he attended a Pietist school, the Collegium Fridericianum, from ages eight through fifteen. Pietism was an evangelical Lutheran movement that emphasized conversion, reliance on divine

-Immanuel Kant returned to the University of Konigsberg to continue his education. That same year he received his doctorate of philosophy.

-Kant lived in the remote province where he was born for his entire life and his father was saddler

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