Immanuel Kant, Emanuel Swedenborg and the metaphysics of the supersensible

Abstract

The article is devoted to the dispute between two eminent people of the time — I. Kant and E. Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher, scientist, engineer and poet, who, however, remained in the memory of humanity, mainly as the last Christian mystic, and the "King of visionaries." It is shown that, although E. Swedenborg's oeuvre was important for I. Kant, it was only a trigger for scrutinising serious philosophical questions pertaining to the nature and limits of human knowledge — the main area of concern of metaphysics.

Keywords

• I. Kant
• E. Swedenborg
• "Dreams of Visionary
• Explained by the Dreams of Metaphysics"
• spiritual beings
• metaphysics of supersensible
• the science of the limits of human reason