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 Immanuel Kant's Mausoleum (Kaliningrad, Russia) Posted by:  Yuriko*
N 54° 42.393 E 020° 30.787
34U E 468628 N 6062246
The tomb of the famous philosopher
Waymark Code: WMEYDJ
Location: Russia
Date Posted: 07/22/2012
Views: 10
The tomb of the philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), the "Sage of Königsberg", is today in a mausoleum adjoining the northeast corner of the cathedral. The mausoleum was constructed by the architect Friedrich Lahrs and was finished in 1924 in time for the bicentenary of Kant's birth.
Originally, Kant was buried inside the cathedral, but in 1880 his remains were moved outside and placed in a neo-Gothic chapel adjoining the northeast corner of the cathedral. Over the years, the chapel became dilapidated before it was demolished to make way for the mausoleum, which was built on the same spot, where it is today. The tomb and its mausoleum are some of the few artifacts of German times preserved by the Soviets after they conquered and annexed the city. Today, many newlyweds bring flowers to the mausoleum.
Near the tomb, the following inscription in German and Russian is engraved (from Kant's "Critique of Practical Reason", 5:161-2):
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and perseveringly my thinking engages itself with them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
(Source: Wikipedia and Triposo.com)
Description:
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg (today Kaliningrad of Russia), who researched, lectured, and wrote on philosophy and anthropology during the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century.
Kant's major work, the Critique of Pure Reason (Kritik der reinen Vernunft, 1781), aimed to unite reason with experience to move beyond what he took to be failures of traditional philosophy and metaphysics. He hoped to end an age of speculation where objects outside experience were used to support what he saw as futile theories, while opposing the skepticism of thinkers such as Berkeley and Hume.
Kant published other important works on ethics, religion, law, aesthetics, astronomy, and history.
Date of birth: 04/22/1724
Date of death: 02/12/1804
Area of notoriety: Other
Marker Type: Tomb (above ground)
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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