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From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.

Immanuel Kant

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.
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Human Inspirational Love Man War
The cultivation of reason leads humanity sooner to misery than happiness.
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Happiness Humanity Misery Reason
From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
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Humanity Moral
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
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Humanity Philosophy
Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.
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Man Spiritual
It is certainly a bad sign of common sense to appeal to it as a witness.
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Bad Perspective Philosophy
The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.
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Enjoyment Judgement Liberty Power Reason
From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.
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Humanity Philosophy
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
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Book Goodness Mindset Past Reading
Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.
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Courage Philosophy Reason Spiritual
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
Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.
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Experience Mindset Reality Space Time
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
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Material Science World
How things may be in themselves, without regard to the representations through which they affect us, is utterly beyond the sphere of our cognition.
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Beyond Ourselves Regard Understand
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
The main point of enlightenment is man’s release from his self-caused immaturity, primarily in matters of religion.
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Freedom Man Release Religion

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