Showing posts with label metaphysics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metaphysics. Show all posts

Friday, June 3, 2022

Great people: Immanuel Kant.

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher. He was born on April 22, 1724, in Prussia. Kant’s parents were Johann Georg Kant and Anna Regina Reuter.

His interests were: ethics, metaphysics, cosmogony, and epistemology.



Immanuel Kant studied in university.




He influenced many different philosophers.

Kant died on February 12, 1804, in Prussia.



Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Great people: Arthur Schopenhauer.

Arthur Schopenhauer was known as a German philosopher. He was born on February 22, 1788, in Gdańsk, Poland. His parents were Heinrich Floris and Johanna Schopenhauer.

Arthur Schopenhauer studied in several universities.

He was interested in ethics, psychology, morality, metaphysics, and aesthetics.

Schopenhauer had his own ideas.

He died on September 21, 1860, in Frankfurt, Germany.





Monday, April 4, 2022

Great people: Baruch Spinoza.

 Baruch Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher of Jewish origin. He was born on November 24, 1632, in Amsterdam.



Spinoza’s parents were Miguel Spinoza and Ana Débora.

His interests were metaphysics, Hebrew Bible, and ethics.



Baruch Spinoza had an education. He studied in Talmud Torah of Amsterdam and University of Leiden.



Also, Spinoza had his own ideas, such as: Spinozism, Spinoza’s theory of the emotions, Spinozistic ethics, and etc.

He died on February 21, 1677, in The Hague.