It also aims to uncover those sources of wisdom and knowledge within the Western history of philosophy and theology, which might be helpful in developing new perspectives for an appropriate response to this crisis. ... Besides Schelsky's thesis, two other motives are given for those reconstructions: Firstly Kant's philosophy is not only an exemplary representative of Western thinking, but also brings together the traditional mainstreams of Western thinking and believing, criticising and elaborating them and transforming them into new viewpoints. ...

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