Kaliningrad Governor on Kant
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The governor of Kaliningrad (ex-Königsberg, Kant's birthplace) declared Kant the origin of all modern evils, socialism, women's rights, even the Ukrainian war, taken as absurd proof that Kant is the genuine split point between old and new.
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“the governor there said that they are not proud of Kant there because Kant is the origin of all modern evils: socialism, human freedom, women's rights, etc.”
“Russians have yes Kaliningrad have an governor there and he recently said that they are not proud of Kant there because Kant is the origin of all modern evils”
“we don't celebrate Kant here because Kant is the father of liberalism socialism and all these modern ideas of democracy”
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The governor of Kaliningrad (ex-Königsberg, Kant's birthplace) declared Kant the origin of all modern evils, socialism, women's rights, even the Ukrainian war, taken as absurd proof that Kant is the genuine split point between old and new., illustrating contingency,teleology
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