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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics Lesson Plan

About the Author

Widely considered one of the most important philosophers to have ever lived, Immanuel Kant was born in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) in 1724. His father was a harness maker; the members of the Kant household were strict Lutherans, and followers of the Pietist movement—a form of Lutheranism that placed a very strong emphasis on reading and interpreting the Bible. Kant’s parents hoped that he would have a career as a priest; accordingly, his first studies were in religion and Latin.

As a youth, Kant attended the Collegium Friedricianum, a prestigious gymnasium, or preparatory school. He then attended the University of Königsberg in 1740. There, he distinguished himself in...

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