The Real Story of My Journey to the Other World

Immanuel Kant: The great thinker of the Enlightenment , the sage of critical thought, the tireless examiner of the human mind and soul. Until his death in 1804, he produced one masterpiece after another while living a reclusive and virginal life in Königsberg. Even though The Authentic Story of My Journey to the Other World reached readers in 1877, after Kant's death, and was published under his name for more than a century, it raises deep doubts about its belonging today. In any case, it is a book that Kant experts find faithful and worthy of the thinker. The surprising thing about it is that it reminds us of a Borges story inspired by Jules Verne, with its style and approach.

“This mysterious text, first published in 1877 with the signature of Immanuel Kant, tells the discussion of the great Enlightenment philosopher Kant, who went to the other world, with the great philosophers before him. Kant, who was welcomed in the sky by philosophers such as Heraclitus, Plato and Leibniz, expected that he would be greatly appreciated, but was brutally criticized by his predecessors. This text, which still raises deep doubts about its author, is a fierce showdown that is both humorous and philosophical..."

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

First Print Year: 2016

Number of Printings: 3rd Edition

Language Turkish