This philosopher's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose states that "no straight thing was ever made" from the "crooked timber of humanity."
This philosopher's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose states that "no straight thing was ever made" from the "crooked timber of humanity." He proposed a system of aggregating knowledge described as "architectonic" so that knowledge can "become a science." This thinker argued that the human mind uses "categories of understanding" to structure knowledge in a book that distinguishes manifestations of objects of inquiry, or (*) "phenomena" from the objects themselves, or "noumena." This man concluded that synthetic a priori truths are possible by using the example that "7 plus 5 equals 12" in a work first published in 1781. For 10 points, name this German philosopher who wrote three "Critiques," including one of "Pure Reason."
This philosopher's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose states that "no straight thing was ever made" from the "crooked timber of humanity."
Immanuel Kant