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The Romantic Road: On the Trail of the German Philosophers

The Romantic Road: On the Trail of the German Philosophers: Episode 1: German Atlantis

German Atlantis

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Episode 1: German Atlantis

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Stephen Plaice visits the city of Kaliningrad to explore the legacy of Immanuel Kant.

Stephen Plaice visits the city of Kaliningrad, formerly the Prussian capital Konigsberg, to explore Immanuel Kant's legacy.

Writer Stephen Plaice takes a journey through the German cities where great philosophers of the 19th century lived and worked, exploring the impact that these thinkers have had on each stage of his life. Along the way, he reflects on the Germany which has been locked away behind the two World Wars, and examines our contemporary prejudices towards Germans.

Stephen visits the Russian city of Kaliningrad, formerly KÃ¶nigsberg, the capital of East Prussia, to explore the legacy of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, who lived his entire life in the city.

He visits Kant's grave and meets Kant scholar Vadim Chaly, a native of the city which Stalin ethnically cleansed of Germans in 1946. He also tracks down Professor Vladimir Bryushinkin, the current encumbent of the Chair of Logic at Kaliningrad University, the chair that Kant once occupied in the old city of KÃ¶nigsberg.

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