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But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.

Immanuel Kant

Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.
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Courage Philosophy Reason Spiritual
It is certainly a bad sign of common sense to appeal to it as a witness.
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Bad Perspective Philosophy
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
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
It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
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Beyond Doubt Experience Knowledge
Never wish to see a just cause defended with unjust means.
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Crime Justice Moral Protection Right
By a lie a man throws away, and as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.
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Dignity Lie Man
Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.
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Heaven Hope Human Laughter Sleep
How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.
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Education Hope Lie Perfection
By a lie a man throws away and as it were annihilates his dignity as a man.
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Dignity Lie Man
If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Death Kill Truth
The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.
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Freedom Power Reason
There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.
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Bad Philosophy Protection Weakness
Freedom is the opposite of necessity.
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Freedom Necessary
But, though all our knowledge begins with experience, it by no means follows that all arises out of experience.
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Beginning Experience Knowledge Ourselves
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

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