Is Immanuel Kant as important as both his detractors and admirers think?

Question: Is Immanuel Kant as important as both his detractors and admirers think!?

Or is it possible that his centrality is something of an illusion!? Www@QuestionHome@Com

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His influence--centrality--is a fact!. There's no argument there!.

Do you mean, does he _deserve_ to be this influential in the western canon!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

He's important for his influence on both his followers and detractors!.

Without Kant, who knows how philosophy would have developed!? What would the world have been like without Mao, Hitler and Stalin!? Www@QuestionHome@Com