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Full Title   Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

Author   Immanuel Kant

Philosophical Movement   Enlightenment Rationalism

Language   German

Time and Place Written   1790s, Koenigsberg, East Prussia

Date of First Publication   1793

Publisher   (Current) Cambridge University Press (1998)

Speaker   Immanuel Kant

Kant's First Professorship   1770 - Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Koenigsberg

Kant's Travel Phobia   Kant never left Koenigsberg, which is ironic given that many of his writings have been appropriated by social critics and legal theorists who call themselves cosmopolitans. Cosmopolitans of this sort seek to rid the world of the annoyances of small cultural enclaves who want the global community to leave them alone.

Impact on Philosophical Community   It is hard to overstate Kant's influence on contemporary philosophical work in the German, French, and English-speaking world.

Most Important Historical Figure Influenced by Kant   Karl Marx

Other Notable Works   The Critique of Pure Reason, The Critique of Practical Reason, The Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, and The Metaphysics of Morals

Thematically Similar Works by Kant   The Metaphysics of Morals, The Critique of Pure Reason

Some of the Most Frequently Cited Contemporary Philosophers and Experts on Kant   Michael Freidman (Stanford University), Henry Allison (University of California, San Diego), Robert Pippin (University of Chicago), Paul Guyer (University of Pennsylvania), Allen Wood (Stanford University), Christine Korsgaard (Harvard University).

Most Frequently Studied Kantian Text   The Critique of Pure Reason

Most Important German Philosophical Rival to Kant   G.W.F. Hegel

Most Well-known Contemporary Philosophical Rival to Kant   Richard Rorty (Stanford University)

Most Systematic Presentation of Kant's Ethical Thought   Kant's Ethical Thought, by Allen Wood (Stanford University)

Other Important German Philosophers   Hegel, Heidegger, Schiller, Schopenhauer

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