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[–] WiseScorpio@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kant was also about 5ft tall and had an unusually large head. He had an odd posture suggesting he may have had scoliosis or some form of physical malady. Reports are in spite of his pious upbringing he was popular at parties.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

malady

But he was a man.

[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago

Man, that sounds like the dream right there! I want a safe, predictable life so my creativity can flourish. 😌

[–] Mbingu@lazysoci.al 6 points 2 weeks ago

Kant wasn't like that. He was a socialite

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

His second rule was, to have a due balance of young men, frequently of very young men, selected fromthe students of the university, in order to impress a movement of gaiety and juvenile playfulness on the conversation; an additional motive for which, as I have reason to believe, was, that in this way he withdrew his mind from the sadness which sometimes overshadowed it, for the early deaths of some young friends whom he loved.

Thomas de Quincey - The Last Days of Immanuel Kant (1827)

[–] Noturbuddy@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

I Kant with this

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In school we spelt his name with an E, anyone know why the discrepancy existed?

[–] ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Kante explain it

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Emmanual Kant, not very posh and the school certainly wasn’t

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] flandish@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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