Kant / Rousseau Trivia

    

Kant's biographers tell a legend that Kant, who never interrupted his daily routine, gave up his daily walk in order to continue his study of Rousseau's Emile. The only picture in Kant's otherwise sparsely decorated home was a portrait of Rousseau that he hung over his writing desk.  Rousseau’s influence helped give rise to important Kantian themes such as the dignity of common humanity, the importance of autonomy, the centality of virtue, and the nature of proper theodicy.    

http://people.whitman.edu/~frierspr/kant_rousseau.htm