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Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.

Immanuel Kant

We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.
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Material Philosophy Rich
I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith.
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Faith Knowledge Myself
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
Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.
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Discipline Himself Man Nature Wild
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
What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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Hope Myself
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
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End Knowledge Ourselves Reason Understand
From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
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Humanity Moral
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
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Happiness Moral Ourselves Self Love Worth
Art is purposiveness without purpose.
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Art Purpose
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
The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.
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Freedom Power Reason
Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
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Philosophy 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 outcome of an act commonly influences our judgment about its rightness, even though the former was uncertain, while the latter is certain.
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Act Judgement Life Result
By a lie a man throws away, and as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.
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Dignity Lie Man

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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