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The main point of enlightenment is man’s release from his self-caused immaturity, primarily in matters of religion.

Immanuel Kant

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
We can never, even by the strictest examination, get completely behind the secret springs of action.
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Action Secret Spring
Dare to think!
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Daring Thinking
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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Empty Thinking
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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Existence Man Philosophy Reason
The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.
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Enjoyment Judgement Liberty Power Reason
What might be said of things in themselves, separated from all relationship to our senses, remains for us absolutely unknown.
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Emotion Ourselves Relationship Separate
From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.
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Humanity Philosophy
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
I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith.
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Faith Knowledge Myself
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
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
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Humanity Philosophy
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
The great mass of people are worthy of our respect.
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Greatness People Respect Worth
All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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Law Moral Respect Simplicity
Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
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Philosophy Spiritual

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