Kant’s work is considered to be the pinnacle of Enlightenment philosophy. The philosopher was born in Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, in 1724. His maxim that we should use our reason seems more relevant ...

working on the reception of the Enlightenment in Scandinavia and the Baltic area between 1740 and 1810. Our research focuses on how scientific knowledge and radical philosophy affected identities, ...

I only know of her thanks to a new biography: The Enlightenment’s Most Dangerous Woman by Andrew Janiak, a professor of philosophy at Duke University in the US. It’s a fascinating story ...

[iii] The intellectual atmosphere in Halle was nevertheless fraught between Enlightenment philosophers who believed in science ... [iv] Jacob Emmanuel Mabe Anton Wilhelm Amo: the intercultural ...