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Kaoi. critical review of the faculty of judgment, harmonize 

 V" ' extremely well with what he has said, in his moral wri- 

 tings, of the dignity of man. Indeed, it must be con- 

 red either as a happy throw of genius, or as the re- 

 Mitt ofa most comprehensive power of thought, that, 

 in those works of Kant which treat of the most widely 

 different subjects, we always find that his notions are 

 perfectly consistent, and even mutually tend to sup- 

 port each pther." And again, " Our age, in respect to 

 the progress which it has made in the sciences, will be 

 particularly distinguished by posterity, as having, in 

 different branches of knowledge, brought us nearer than 

 ever to that Socratic wisdom, of acknowledging our ig- 

 norance, and the limits of our possible acquirements. 

 For this clearer indication of that which we do not and 

 oinnot know in speculative science, we arc indebted to 

 Kant; and this merit will assuredly remain to him, 

 even if the efforts which he himself has made to en- 

 large the province to which he had set bounds, or to fill 

 up the chasms he discovered in science, should not ul- 

 timately be found to stand the test of future investiga- 

 tions. 1 ' (Garve's Miscellaneous Writings, vol. ii. p. 415.) 

 Herder, in a work entitled Briefe zur Bejorderung 

 der Hwnanitat, expresses his opinion of Kant in the 

 following terms : " I have .enjoyed the happiness of be- 

 ing acquainted with a philosopher, who was my pre- 

 ceptor. In the bloom of his life, he possessed the gay 

 hilarity of a youth ; which, I believe, still attends him 

 in his old age. His open forehead, formed, as it were, 

 for thought, was the seat of undisturbable cheerfulness 

 and joy. The language that flowed from his lips was 

 rich in thought; wit and humour were always at his 

 command ; and his lectures were the most instructive 

 converse. With the same spirit with which he review- 

 ed the doctrines of Liebnitz, Wolf, Baumgarten, Cru- 

 sius, Hume, &c. and prosecuted the investigations of 

 Kepler, Newton, and the experimental philosophers ; 

 he took up the new writings of note which appeared 

 from time to time Rousseau's Emilius and his Heloise, 

 &c. as he did every new discovery in natural philoso- 

 phy subjected them to the test of criticism, and al- 

 ways returned to the simple and unprejudiced know- 

 ledge of nature, and the moral worth of man. The 

 history of man, of nations, and of nature, natural phi- 

 losophy, mathematics, and experience, were the sources 

 from which he drew his knowledge, and enlivened his 

 conversation ; nothing that was worth knowing was in- 

 different to him ; no cabal, no sect, no advantage, no 

 ambition of a name, had the smallest charm for him, 

 when compared with the extension and developement 

 of truth. He encouraged, and even agreeably forced, 

 his pupils to exercise their own powers of thought; 

 for despotism was a stranger to his mind. This man, 

 whom I name with the highest gratitude and respect, 

 is IMMANUEL KANT. His image is before me, and I 

 contemplate it with pleasure." 



The following is a list of the writings of Kant : 

 Gedanken ton der maltren scfialzung der lel/endigen 

 Kra/'te, Koningsberg, 1746, 8vo; Allgemaine Natur- 

 geschifhte und Theorie des Himmcls, 1 755 ; Principiorum 

 primorum cognitionis metaphysical nova, dihtcidatio, a 

 dissertation, or thesis, on taking his doctor's degree, in 

 1755; Einzig moglic/ter Bemeis-grund zu einer Demon- 

 stration des Daseyns Gotles, 1763; Beobachlungen uber 

 das Gefuhl des Schonen und Erhabenen, 176*; Trauma 

 eines Geislerschers, Riga, 1766 ; DC mundi sensibilis at 



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the author discovered an intimate acquaintance with Kaolins 

 the principles of the sciences, and great depth and ori- II 

 ginality of thought, were collected and published by KaraUcha! - 

 Tieftrunk, in 3 vols. 8vo. Halte, 1799. "~ v ~" 



In the following works, his peculiar vieVs of meta- 

 physical science were more fully developed. 



Criltlc der rcinen Vernunfl, Riga, 1?81 ; 3d edit. 1791, 

 8vo. Prolegomena zu einer jeden Iniii/ligen Melaphysik, 

 1783. Melapfiysitche Anfangsgrunde der Naturivissen- 

 schaft, 1 786. Grundlegung zitr Melaphysik der Siiten, 

 1785; Crilik der praclischen Vernunft', 1788. Critik 

 der Urthcilskraft, 1790. Melapltysischc Anfangsgrunde 

 der Richtslehre, 1797. Metaphysische Anfangsgrunde 

 der Tugendlehre, 1797. Anlhropologie, in p'ravmalixher 

 Hinsic/it, 1798. 



The biography of Kant has been attempted by va 

 rious individuals among his countrymen ; but a con- 

 cise account of the life, and delineation of the charac- 

 ter, of this philosophe'r, with a perspicuous view of his 

 doctrines, is still a desideratum. (:) 



KAOLIN. See PORCELAIN. 



KAKAK, or GARAK, the leans of Arrian, is an 

 island on the eastern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is 

 about seven miles long, and four broad, or, according 

 to Captain Gooclfellow, it contains twelve or thirteen 

 square miles. At the north east end is a bay where 

 there is a good anchorage, and which is commanded by 

 a strong castle, built upon the extreme point. The 

 Maud was uninhabited till the year 1 760, when it was 

 surveyed by a Dutch gentleman, who reported his ob- 

 servations to the government at Batavia. He was im- 

 mediately sent back, with several ships laden with ar- 

 ticles necessary for building the castle and the town, 

 and with a great quantity of European and Indian 

 goods. Having completed their establishment, they 

 carried on an active trade for six or seven years. A 

 Persian prince, who lived at Bandareek, took posses- 

 sion of the island, and built several vessels, with which 

 he carried on the trade of a pirate for some time. The 

 Persians, however, succeeded in getting the island into 

 their hands. The inhabitants, who, when the Dutch 

 possessed the island, amounted to about 2000 or 3000, 

 amount at present only to 300 or +00. They live by 

 gardening and fishing, and manufacture a small quan- 

 tity of doth for their own use. The greater part of the 

 island is very rocky ; bnt the eastern side, which is 

 lower than the rest, is capable of cultivation. It is well 

 supplied with water from wells. Sir John Malcolm 

 proposed to our government, in 1 808, to take posses- 

 sion of the island, in order to get a complete command 

 of the commerce of the Gulf of Persia. It is situated 

 in East Long. 50 10', and North Lat. 29 11'. See 

 Milburn's Oriental Commerce, vol. i. p. 127; and Mac- 

 donald Kinneir's Geographical Memoir of the Persian 

 Empire, p. 18, 468. 



KARATSCHAI, or KArwrscHOLr, ft tribe of Tartars 

 dwelling at the foot of Elbrus, the most lofty mountain 

 of the great ridges of Caucasus. The name Karatschai, 

 is said to signify the Black Rivulet, and by some other 

 tribes, the people of this tribe are called Black Circas- 

 sians. Their abodes are on the rivers Chursuk, Ku- 

 ban, and Teberdeh, towards the northern base of the 

 mountains bounded by the Abascians on the west ; and 

 from the same people they are divided by various moun- 

 tains on the north and east. Lamberti conjectures, that 

 the appellation Black Circassians, has been given them 



que intelligibihs forma et principus, Koningsberg, 1 770, from the dark and cloudy nature of their country. 



a dissertation, or thesis, on obtaining his professor- The personal appearance of the Karatschai is in'ge- Personal 



, obtaining hia profe 



ship. These, with a number of other tracts, in which 



neral handsome ; they are well shaped, 

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their features appearance. 



