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Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.

Immanuel Kant

Without man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final purpose.
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Man Moral Potential Purpose Reality Wild
Nothing can possibly be conceived in the world, or even out of it, which can be called good, without qualification, except a good will.
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Goodness Possible Willing World
In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
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Beautiful Judgement Opinion
From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
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Humanity Moral
Give me matter and I will build a world out of it.
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Material Science World
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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Children Patience Time Truth
The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.
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Freedom Power Reason
All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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Law Moral Respect Simplicity
Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another.
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Independent Man Understand
Art is purposiveness without purpose.
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Art Purpose
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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Genius Independent Learning Person
To be is to do.
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Action Existence
It is impossible to conceive anything at all in the world, or even out of it, which can be taken as good without qualification, except a good will.
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Goodness Impossible Philosophy Willing World
The cultivation of reason leads humanity sooner to misery than happiness.
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Happiness Humanity Misery Reason
Man desires concord; but nature know better what is good for his species; she desires discord.
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God Goodness Herself Man Nature
Laughter is an affect resulting from the sudden transformation of a heightened expectation into nothing.
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Expectation Laughter Result Transformation

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