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Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text

In 1764 Kant published Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime, printing national and gendered character rankings. Immanuel Kant's documented role is: He published national-character and gender rankings in a popular aesthetics book. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In 1764 Kant published Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime, printing national and gendered character rankings. The instrument is that book. Immanuel Kant's documented role is: He published national-character and gender rankings in a popular aesthetics book. Later reprints carry them.

Context

The 1790 third Critique is a different aesthetic treatise. Sharing unnamed Königsberg readers is required. The setting of Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text is the public file around 1764-01-01. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text on 1764-01-01. Printed character-rankings are a polarisation path of high confidence on the text. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Immanuel Kant

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    He published national-character and gender rankings in a popular aesthetics book. Later reprints carry them.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactObservations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 January 1764 · verified

    Printed character-rankings are a polarisation path of high confidence on the text.

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Kant's aesthetics neighbourhoodStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Immanuel Kant, writings neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Kant's aesthetics neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-aesthetics/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Britannica — Immanuel Kant, pre-critical writings neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Immanuel-Kant (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Kant's aesthetics neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-aesthetics/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Britannica — Immanuel Kant, pre-critical writings neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Immanuel-Kant (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text under 1764-01-01 for Immanuel Kant. Established: a sourced public record of Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text under 1764-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Two aesthetic instruments, twenty-six years apart. Mixed effects of Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text. Naming Immanuel Kant does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1764-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorImmanuel Kant
  2. contributed toFactObservations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764) prints national and gendered character rankings as a public text. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/kan-observations-1764

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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