In contrast to the customary interpretation that the religious question about whether there is a God does not arise for Kant until he turns to moral philosophy, the reconstruction of the basic structures of Kant's theoretical philosophy shows that the question about God already emanates from the theory of knowledge and from ontology.

According to Kant, one must consider the limits of knowledge in order to create room for faith. It is through the contemplation of these limits, that is, ultimately through the contemplation of the self as a knowing subject, that religious feeling arises and that the human and divine incarnation correlate.

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Paolo Caropreso works in a Research project of the Universities of Genua and Rome, Italy.