Kant

[ kant; German kahnt ]

/ kænt; German kɑnt /

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Im·man·u·el

[ih-man-yoo-uhl; German ih-mah-noo-el], /ɪˈmæn yu əl; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/, 1724–1804, German philosopher.

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As Kant argues, it is important to understand different perspectives.
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British Dictionary definitions for Kant

Kant

/ (kænt, German kant) /

noun

Immanuel (ɪˈmaːnueːl). 1724–1804, German idealist philosopher. He sought to determine the limits of man's knowledge in Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and propounded his system of ethics as guided by the categorical imperative in Critique of Practical Reason (1788)

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