Immanuel Kant publishes his masterwork
–then issues a heavily revised second edition in 1787.
One of the most renowned works in the history of European philosophy; it is followed by his “Critique of Practical Reason.”
(See exhibit Timeline of the Enlightenment Period – The Age of Reason)
Kant was born in 1724 in Königsberg, then the capital of Prussia (contemporary northern Germany). In his entire life, Kant (apparently) never traveled more than 100 miles from Königsberg.
Although baptized “Emanuel” by his Pietist parents, he changed his first name to “Immanuel” at an early age after learning Hebrew.