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On 13 April 1757, Kant published an announcement of his lectures on physical geography for the summer semester, which provided an explanation of what physical geography is, and an outline of the content that would be covered in his lectures. Kant raises a series of objections to a plausible-sounding hypothesis concerning whether the moisture of the west winds that pass over Northern Europe stems from the large body of water that the wind had traversed, namely the Atlantic Ocean. The chapter explains that there are basically three ways of looking at the Earth. The first two, the mathematical approach and political approach, can discover sufficient means to enable a keen student to make progress in a manner that is as convenient as it is adequate; thorough and accurate insight of the third type, however, involves greater effort and obstacles.

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10 - Plan and announcement of a series of lectures on physical geography with an appendix containing a brief consideration of the question: Whether the West winds in our regions are moist because they travel over a great sea (1757)

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10 - Plan and announcement of a series of lectures on physical geography with an appendix containing a brief consideration of the question: Whether the West winds in our regions are moist because they travel over a great sea (1757)

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