Course 2 — Enlightenment Philosophers and Race (Kant, Hume, Locke, Hegel)Jul 4The philosophers of "reason" wrote racial hierarchy into their systems; Locke bought £100 of Royal African Company stock (1672) and joined the "Adventurers to the Bahamas," and Kant's 1777 race essay ranked "the white race" highest.
The philosophers of "reason" wrote racial hierarchy into their systems; Locke bought £100 of Royal African Company stock (1672) and joined the "Adventurers to the Bahamas," and Kant's 1777 race essay ranked "the white race" highest.