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622 [Doc. 272.
THREE EXTRAORDINARY FACTS.
placed between 1768 [ 1767] and 1770 ; because Hamann makes
mention of the Englishman Green as Kant’s friend not only as
early as 1770 , but also on Whit-Monday, 1768, speaks of Kant
as having been present with himself at Green’s house. " * From
all this Dr. Im. Tafel concludes that the beginning of Kant’s
friendship with Green must be dated to the year 1767 or 1768.
Again Kant writes in his letter, that Swedenborg told his
friend, that "he would proceed to London in the month of
May, this year, where he would publish a book in which an
answer to his letter in every point might be met with. "
The question now arises in what year, after 1762, did Sweden
borg go to London in the month of May, in order to publish
there a work which would answer all the points raised in
a letter written by a professional metaphysician like Kant?
The occurrence with the Queen happened towards the
close of November, 1761. In the beginning of March of the
following year Kant’s correspondent, the Danish officer, left
Copenhagen to join the army of St. Germain, and advised
Kant to write to Swedenborg. Kant wrote a letter to Sweden
borg, probably during March, which that gentleman promised
to answer, but never did. Soon afterwards Swedenborg left
Stockholm for Amsterdam, where he was in a company on
July, 17, 1762, the day on which the Emperor Peter III died
(see Document 257 , B) ; and to be there at that time, he
must have left Sweden some time in May or June.
As Swedenborg omitted to answer Kant’s letter, that
gentleman commissioned an English friend who proceeded to
Stockholm, "to make particular inquiries respecting Sweden
borg." This could not have been in 1762 ; for some time
.
must have elapsed before Kant could feel sure that Sweden
borg "had omitted to write to him."
Besides, when Kant’s friend came to Stockhom, Sweden
borg told him that "he should proceed to London in the
month of May this year," from which it would follow that
his friend saw him some time in March or April; yet Kant
became aware of the Queen’s story only in March ; and his
* See Hamann’s "Schriften," (Hamann’s Writings), edited by Fr. Roth.
Part III, 1822, p. 381 et seq.; and also Part IV, 1823, p. 367.
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