[lit-ideas] Immanuel's Manual
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:27:25 EDT
In a message dated 10/6/2004 4:15:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
--- William Ball <ballnw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Judy,
>
> I know less than anything about Kant.=20
You know his name.
Apparently, Kant himself didn't -- know his name.
It was originally Celtic, "Cant", and spelled with a "c". When his ancestors
moved from Scotland to the Rhine Valley, they changed their spelling from
"c" to "k" -- the typical hard way of the emigrants. They found out that in
the
Valley, people would pronounce his name as "Sant" otherwise, and he didn't
like the soft side to it.
'Immanuel' was Kant's mother's choice. His middle name, "Scott", betrays his
highland origins (and what his dad's choice).
Cheers,
JL
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