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Beauty presents an indeterminate concept of Understanding, the sublime an indeterminate concept of Reason.

Immanuel Kant

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
Art is purposiveness without purpose.
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Art Purpose
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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Animal Heart Himself Judgement Man
Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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God Hell Knowledge
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
We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
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Material Philosophy Rich
Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.
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Happiness Human
Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.
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Courage Philosophy Reason Spiritual
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
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Material Science World
The cultivation of reason leads humanity sooner to misery than happiness.
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Happiness Humanity Misery Reason
But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.
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Afraid Darkness Himself Philosophy
Nature is beautiful because it looks like Art; and Art can only be called beautiful if we are conscious of it as Art while yet it looks like Nature.
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Art Beautiful Nature
Experience may teach us what is, but never that it cannot be otherwise.
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Experience Teaching
Freedom, is a property of all rational beings.
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Freedom Human Right
The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.
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Enjoyment Judgement Liberty Power Reason
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

Beauty presents an indeterminate concept of Understanding, the sublime an indeterminate concept of Reason.

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