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Immanuel Kant
German philosopher Immanuel Kant surrounded by Ouroboros, an emblematic serpent of ancient Egypt and Greece, engraving by John Chapman, published in London, 1812.
Immanuel Kantās foundational work, the Critique of Pure Reason, was first published in 1781.12
Following the initial publication, Kant faced challenges regarding how the work was interpreted by his contemporaries. To address these misunderstandings, he published a second, revised edition in 1787.2