Kant on the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
Channel: Craig Campbell
Date: 09/04/2016

Immanuel Kant wrote an essay about the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. This is an excerpt from that essay. This was Kant's original title of the essay: History And Physiography Of The Most Remarkable Cases Of The Earthquake Which Towards The End Of 1755 Shook A Great Part Of The Earth.

Kant said he wanted to write about the earthquake but didn't want to talk about the death and destruction caused by the earthquake. He wrote about the purple rain and the meteor shower that preceded the quake. Interesting.