ABSTRACT
Both Hume and Kant place extremely high hopes on "the science of the human being". In his anthropological works, Kant compliments Hume's writing style. In striving to produce a truly popular philosophy in his anthropology works, Kant is clearly emulating Hume- himself a great fan of "the easy and obvious philosophy". The comparison to Cicero is certainly intended as a strong compliment, for Kant "had always appreciated Cicero's style;" indeed, "there are large areas of agreement between Kant and Cicero"–particularly in their respective moral philosophies. Throughout his writing and teaching career, Kant displays a strong interest in empirical work as well, particularly empirical work about human nature. The thesis that Hume and Kant "have much more in common" than received scholarly opinion allows is much easier to establish once we turn to the underappreciated empirical and popular side of Kant's philosophy.
