ABSTRACT
Immanuel Kant possessed the great art of conversing in an interesting manner on any topic in the world. His wide learning, which extended to the smallest affairs of everyday life, provided him with a wealth of conversational material, which his original mind, with its own way of looking at everything, invested with a new and characteristic form. There was no matter involved in human existence upon which Kant did not, on occasion, speak; but the most insignificant matter became of interest through the manner in which Kant dealt with it. 'His social conversation was rendered particularly attractive by the good humour with which he delivered it, the witty fancies with which he adorned it and the appropriate anecdotes with which he interspersed it. Good taste and gaiety prevailed in any company where Kant was present. Everyone left it enriched in knowledge and new ideas, content with himself and mankind, fortified to fresh tasks and disposed to the benefaction of his fellow-men.
