Deutsche Welle

Arts Unveiled

23. 4.03:15 → 03:30

Use your brain! With that message, Immanuel Kant called on people to think for themselves. Born 300 years ago in Königsberg, Prussia, he developed his philosophy in a world of absolutist rulers. He confidently called on people to stop allowing themselves to be treated like "dumb animals" by politicians and the church. And he was almost shockingly modern: His motto was "Make laws, not war.”