Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose

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philosophical essay work of political philosophy

Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose is an essay by Immanuel Kant that outlines a philosophical vision of human history progressing toward a rational, cosmopolitan civil order.

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Label Occurrences
Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View 1
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim 1
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Intent 1

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instanceOf philosophical essay ⓘ
work of political philosophy ⓘ
aim to interpret human history as progressing toward a rational civil constitution ⓘ
to provide a philosophical framework for understanding historical progress ⓘ
author Immanuel Kant ⓘ
centralConcept cosmopolitan civil order ⓘ
federation of states ⓘ
teleological development of human capacities ⓘ
universal civil society ⓘ
universal history ⓘ
unsocial sociability ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
field moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
form essay ⓘ
genre philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasEnglishTitleVariant Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View

Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Intent
historicalContext Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: European Enlightenment

late 18th century political debates ⓘ
influenced liberal internationalist thought ⓘ
modern cosmopolitan political theory ⓘ
philosophy of history in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainTopic cosmopolitanism ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
progress ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
teleology of history ⓘ
originalTitle Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht
philosophicalPosition a lawful external state is required for full development of human capacities ⓘ
history can be read as the realization of human rational capacities ⓘ
war and conflict can contribute to the progress of civil society ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
German idealism ⓘ
publicationYear 1784 ⓘ
relatedWork Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
Perpetual Peace ⓘ
Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ
surface form: The Metaphysics of Morals
structure nine theses ⓘ
viewOnHistory history has a hidden plan of nature ⓘ
human history tends toward a cosmopolitan condition ⓘ
viewOnHumanNature human beings possess unsocial sociability that drives progress ⓘ
viewOnLaw development of a universal civil society under public laws is a goal of history ⓘ
viewOnPolitics republican constitutions are necessary for lasting peace ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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Perpetual Peace → relatedWork → Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose ⓘ
A Philosophical Sketch → relatedWork → Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose → originalTitle → Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose → hasEnglishTitleVariant → Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Intent
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose → hasEnglishTitleVariant → Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View