World History 1781

About the history of the world in 1781, Immanuel Kant publishes his critique of pure reason.

TWO CENTURIES OF WORLD HISTORY: 1778-1978

1781

Immanuel Kant brought out his chief work, Critique of Pure Reason, dealing with his theory of human knowledge. Unlike earlier philosophers Hume and Locke, for whom the mind was a passive blank page, or data collector Kant held that the mind interacts with experience, organizing it into meaningful patterns. His work profoundly influenced later philosophers.

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