Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose

"Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose" or "The Idea of a Universal History on a Cosmopolitical Plan"[1] (German: Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht) is a 1784 essay by Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), a lecturer in anthropology and geography at Königsberg University.[2]

  1. ^ Kant, Immanuel. 1824. (English translation of original 1784 article:) "Idea of a Universal History on a Cosmo-Political Plan" in The London Magazine: pp. 385-393.
  2. ^ McCarthy, Thomas, "On Reconciling Cosmopolitan Unity and National Diversity" in De Greiff & Cronin 2002, p. 243

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