“Deaths, births, and marriages, considering how much they are separately dependent on the freedom of the human will, should seem to be subject to no law according to which any calculation could be made beforehand of their amount; and yet the yearly registers of these events in great countries prove that they go on with as much conformity to the laws of nature as the oscillations of the weather.”
Quote by Immanuel Kant
Work
Delphi Collected Works of Immanuel Kant (Illustrated)
The Delphi Collected Works of Immanuel Kant (Illustrated) is a comprehensive compilation of the writings of the influential German philosopher. This illustrated edition aims to make Kant's complex theories and philosophical ideas more accessible to contemporary readers. more
Author
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher, an important representative of the Enlightenment movement, and the founder of the Kantian philosophical system. His thoughts have had a profound impact on the fields of philosophy, ethics, political science, and others. more