This is the first complete biography in more than half a century of Immanuel Kant, one of the giants of the Western philosophical pantheon, who had the most powerful and comprehensive influence on modern philosophy. It is well known that Kant spent his entire life in an isolated part of Prussia, leading the life of a typical university professor. This gave rise to the view that Kant was a pure thinker who had no life of his own, at least not one worth taking seriously. Manfred Kühn dispels this myth once and for all. Kant's life (1724–1804) spans almost the entire 18th century, and his period of maturity coincides with some of the most significant changes in the Western world, many of which still reverberate in our lives today. This was the time when the modern worldview was born, and from this biography it is clear that Kant's philosophy was an expression of and response to this new concept of modernity. His intellectual life reflects the most significant developments of the period in thought, science and politics, from the Sturm und Drang literary movement to such distant events as the French and American Revolutions. With the latest research, Professor Kühn allows the reader (whether interested or not be it philosophy, history, politics, German culture or religion) follow the same path that Kant himself followed: from a scientist focused on the metaphysical foundations of Newtonian science to a great thinker advocating the morality of an enlightened citizen of the world. In PDF format A4 retained publishing layout.