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Kant be fairer than that! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

30 April 2024 ~ Kaliningrad Celebrates Kant on his 300th Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the many things that Kant and I do not have in common, two stand out more than others. The first is that he was one of the world\u2019s great philosophers, considered to be the third wheel behind Plato and Aristotle, the second he did not like beer. The first is an accomplishment worthy of applause; the second we will let quietly slip away, as it does not behove a gentleman of such intellectual stature whose name is synonymous with logic and reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not widely read today, because his style of writing does not conform to the SEO prescription for sentences of 20 words or less, it is indeed a sobering thought that had Kant lived in the early 21st<\/sup> century, the systematic dumbing down of language\u00a0and generational attention deficit attendant on this rule, would seriously have obstructed him in his quest to play linguistic games on paper. Instead of engaging the intellect with works of a ground-breaking nature, he would most likely be biding his time posting snippets to Twitter, taking selfies for social media, and pinning pictures of cakes on Pint-rest (incorrectly referred to as Pinterest). Deprived of these unspeakable pleasures, he had to be content with the lesser mental dynamics required to come to grips with epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

300 Years of Kant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Immanuel Kant was born on 22 April 1724 in K\u00f6nigsberg, East Prussia, where he lived until he died on 12 February 1804.\u00a0 Hardly venturing from his home city, Kant, nevertheless, through philosophical thought based on transcendental idealism, is largely credited for changing the way that people think around the world. So, if you have ever wondered why it is that you think the way you do, just think Kant and you have the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaliningrad Celebrates Kant on his 300th Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In life, Kant was a professor at K\u00f6nigsberg University, specialising in logic and metaphysics; in death, he lays entombed near K\u00f6nigsberg Cathedral on the appropriately named Kant Island ~ Kneiphof Island in K\u00f6nigsberg times. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know?<\/strong>
Kant was German. I bet you knew that. But did you know that for seven years he became a Russian subject? During the \u2018Seven Years\u2019 War\u2019 in Europe, Austria\u2019s allies, Russia, captured the East Prussian city of K\u00f6nigsberg , whereupon Kant, along with other Konigsberg citizens, pledged his allegiance to the Russian empress, Elizabeth. It was an allegiance he would not renounce even after K\u00f6nigsberg was returned to East Prussian rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a philosopher of universal acclaim, a distinguished member of K\u00f6nigsberg \u2019s academia and one of the city\u2019s most prominent citizens, Kant was fully qualified to be buried inside the cathedral itself. In 1880 that honour was extended when his remains were exhumed and rehoused in a chapel purpose built for him at the cathedral\u2019s northeast corner, opposite the then prestigious Albertina University.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was he boring, Kant?<\/strong>
History has it that Kant was so regular in his routines that K\u00f6nigsbergians could set their watch by him. His habit of walking the same route at the same time each day earnt him the nickname of \u2018The Konigsberg Clock\u2019. However, contrary to his stereotype, that he was dull and prone to reclusiveness, Kant, by all accounts, possessed an uncommonly good sense of humour, loved to drink red wine and was a congenial host of dinner parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university perished in the heavy Allied bombing of World War Two, but the\u00a0mausoleum that would eventually replace Kant\u2019s chapel, the one that we know today, whilst not escaping damage entirely at least escaped it sufficiently to allow for restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Described by some as \u2018minimalist\u2019, the simple column and canopy structure has a certain aesthetic elegance and a dignity not detracting from the cathedral’s Gothic profile. The chapel, built in 1924, is the brainchild of Friedrich Lahrs, renowned East Prussian architect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kaliningrad Celebrates Kant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The 300th anniversary of Kant in Kaliningrad in 2024<\/a>: how the philosopher’s birthday will be celebrated in his homeland.

\u201cThe anniversary of the philosopher will be celebrated by the whole of Kaliningrad and guests of the city. The International Kantian Congress, various lectures, presentations, seminars, concerts, excursions, performances, as well as several exhibitions are planned here. Events dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Kant will take place in the city throughout 2024.\u201d

Click on the link below for the Schedule of Events.
300th Anniversary of Kant in Kaliningrad 2024: Holiday Program, Schedule of Events (kp.ru)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2018-2024 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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