Kant conjectures that some of the nebulae visible in the night sky might be separate "galaxies" themselves, similar to our own. In a treatise Immanuel Kant draws on earlier work by Thomas Wright, speculates (correctly) that the Milky Way might be a rotating body of a huge number of stars, held together by gravitational forces akin to the Solar System but on much large
Historical person
Immanuel Kant Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Immanuel Kant, based on 7 World History Database records associated with Germany.
Chronological biography
1755
1781
Publication of "Critik Der Reinen Vernunft", revised 1787
Publication of "Critik Der Reinen Vernunft", revised 1787
1787
Publication of "Critik Der Practischen Vernunft", a revised version
Publication of "Critik Der Practischen Vernunft", a revised version
1797
Publication of "Die Metaphysik Der Sitten"
1804
Death of Immanuel Kant
Record provenance
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