[HN Gopher] Immanuel 'the Konigsberg clock' Kant (2015)
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Immanuel 'the Konigsberg clock' Kant (2015)
Author : rishabhd
Score : 29 points
Date : 2026-01-25 16:06 UTC (3 days ago)
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| libraryofbabel wrote:
| > Having been born in Konigsberg in 1724, he never left the small
| German city, dying there in 1804 aged 79 never having once gone
| further than the city's limits.
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| Totally false! Slander! He once went as far as the village of
| Jarnoltowo, a whole 60 miles from Konigsberg![0]
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| But yeah. Maybe not one of history's greatest travelers.
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| [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarno%C5%82towo
| HWR_14 wrote:
| He made plans for a trip to Paris to read a specific book, but
| the librarians he had been corresponding with mailed it to him
| as a sign of respect for his time.
| dmd wrote:
| It's because he got stuck on the bridges.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Bridges_of_K%C3%B6nigsbe...
| inasio wrote:
| Reminds me of Emilio Salgari (late 19th century, Italy's Jules
| Verne), one of my favorite authors growing up. He has many books
| on Malaysian pirates, Wild west cowboys (he's apparently
| considered the grandfather of the spaghetti western), adventures
| in India, etc. Always thought he must have been an adventurer, or
| at least a sailor. He never left Verona.
| svat wrote:
| > _We should note - without seeing it as physiologically symbolic
| of their respective philosophies - that Kant was constipated,
| while Nietzsche suffered from compulsive vomiting._
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| To the contrary, I'm pretty sure it is more than symbolic. Surely
| it matches their temperament (respectively) and thereby their
| philosophies.
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