The Kant that emerges from these pages is less dull and more recognisably human than his metronomic image. Kant never strayed far from Königsberg and spent his entire career writing and teaching – mostly at the university. Odd, then, that we find in Kant statements such as: ‘Humanity has its highest degree of perfection in the white race. Even if Kant was guilty of ignorance, Wicks argues, his views were grounded in what he regarded as facts. This book is a pleasant enough stroll through Kant’s life, his key ideas and his legacy.