Immanuel Kant was born on April 22, 1724, in Konigsberg. He was the fourth of the nine children of a poor harness-maker. Kant’s parents were simple people and devout pietists. From the age of eight to sixteen years, Kant attended the Collegium Fridericianum, a Pietist school dedicated to the instruction of mathematics, history, geometry, and above all, Latin. In 1740, Kant matriculated at the University of Konigsberg. Under the inspiration of his favorite teacher, Kant immersed himself in the study of natural science and philosophy. In fact, it was his teacher, Martin Knutzen, who introduced him to the writings of the two thinkers who had the greatest impact on his early intellectual development: Isaac Newton and Christian Wolf. For approximately
