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Immanuel Kant was a philosopher throughout the late 1700’s. Kant had a foundation and system that he established. Kant says life is all about experiences. Kant argues that we can only experience the natural observable world and other ideas such as god and soul we can not. The only knowledge we have is through experiences. Kant took philosophy in perspective of moral law and rational thought. From Kant perspective, it doesn't matter how you feel it all about the Law and those set boundaries. Kant believes that all humans are equal and everyone had boundaries. an ethical principle stating that one should always respect the humanity in others and that one should only act in accordance with rules that could hold for everyone”. All creatures have

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