War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love of honor, without selfish motives.
IMMANUEL KANTThings which as effects presuppose others as causes cannot be reciprocally at the same time causes of these.
More Immanuel Kant Quotes
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Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.
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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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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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The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.
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If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the earth.
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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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Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.
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How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.
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From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
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It is not without cause that men feel the burden of their existence, though they are themselves the cause of those burdens.
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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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.
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From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
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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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Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
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