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Immanuel Kant on how to dine and banquet well

Immanuel Kant on how to dine and banquet well

The Königsberg Sage was a master not only of reason but also at conducting legendary dinner parties

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Kant on Eating Well

“The good living that still seems to harmonise best with true humanity is a good meal in good company." - Immanuel Kant 

We thinkers all too often forget the body — damn you, Descartes! I have long advocated for starting to use Descartes' as a swearword, as Marx did with Bentham's. 

Often ridiculed for keeping too rigid a schedule and h…

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