Immanuel Kant was one of the most important philosophers of the Enlightenment and a central figure in the history of Western philosophy. Born in Königsberg, Prussia, in 1724, Kant spent nearly his entire life in that city, where he studied, taught, and wrote works that transformed modern thought. His philosophy sought to examine the limits and powers of reason, the nature of human knowledge, the foundations of moral obligation, and the relation between freedom, duty, and rational [...]'s major works include Critique of Pure Reason, Critique of Practical Reason, Critique of Judgment, Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, and Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. His moral philosophy, especially his account of the categorical imperative and the dignity of rational beings, remains foundational for ethics, political theory, legal philosophy, religious thought, and modern discussions of autonomy and human rights. Kant's influence extends across German idealism, analytic philosophy, continental philosophy, theology, aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and the continuing study of Enlightenment philosophy.

Introduction Robert B. Louden; Observations on the feeling of the beautiful and sublime (1764) translated by Paul Guyer; Essay on the maladies of the head (1764) translated by Holly Wilson; Review of Moscati's work of the corporeal essential differences between the structure of animals and humans (1771) translated by Günter Zöller; Of the different races of human beings (1775) translated by Holly Wilson and Günter Zöller; Essays regarding the philanthropinum (1776/1777) translated by Robert B. Louden; A note to Physicians (1782) translated by Günter Zöller; Idea for a universal history with a cosmopolitan aim (1784) translated by Allen W. Wood; Reviews of J. G. Herder's Ideas for the Philosophy of the History of Humanity, Parts 1 and 2 (1785) translated by Allen W. Wood; Determination of the concept of a human race (1785) translated by Holly Wilson and Günter Zöller; Conjectural beginning of human history (1786) translated by Allen W. Wood; Some remarks on Ludwig Heinrich Jakob's examination of Mendelssohn's Morning Hours (1786) translated by Günter Zöller; On the Philosophers' medicine of the body (1786) translated by Mary Gregor; On the use of teleological principles in philosophy (1788) translated by Günter Zöller; From Soemmerring's On the Organ of the Soul (1796) translated by Arnulf Zweig; Anthropology from a pragmatic point of view (1798) translated by Robert B. Louden; Postscript to Christian Gottlieb Mielcke's Lithuanian-German and German-Lithuanian Dictionary (1800) translated by Günter Zöller; Lectures on pedagogy (1803) translated by Robert B. Louden.