Kant: Philosophy in an Hour

Only on one famous occasion is Kant said to have broken this routine: on the day he started reading Rousseau’s Émile, when he became so absorbed that he missed his walk in order to finish it.

Rising, coffee drinking, writing, lecturing, dining, walking, each had its set time

had threatened to destroy metaphysics forever

answer the destructive skepticism of Hume

while studying Hume’s Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Kant “awoke from his dogmatic slumbers.”

convinced by Hume’s skepticism.

Hume’s empiricism seemed undeniable

dominant force in German philosophy.

age forty-six

professor of logic and metaphysics