A great part, perhaps the greatest part, of the business of our reason consists in the analysation of the conceptions which we already possess of objects.
IMMANUEL KANTIn every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics.
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Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.
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The hand is the visible part of the brain.
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We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
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We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.
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From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
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But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.
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Treat people as an end, and never as a means to an end.
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It is certainly a bad sign of common sense to appeal to it as a witness.
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All human cognition begins with intuitions, proceeds from thence to conceptions, and ends with ideas.
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Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.
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Human beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends.
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Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
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The cultivation of reason leads humanity sooner to misery than happiness.
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Give me matter and I will build a world out of it.
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Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.
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Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.
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Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
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All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.
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All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
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The main point of enlightenment is man’s release from his self-caused immaturity, primarily in matters of religion.
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Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.
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Simply to acquiesce in skepticism can never suffice to overcome the restlessness of reason.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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Freedom is the opposite of necessity.
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