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The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.

Immanuel Kant

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
Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.
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Divine Reason
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
I have therefore found it necessary to deny knowledge, in order to make room for faith.
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Faith Knowledge Myself Necessary
In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
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Beautiful Judgement Opinion
In every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics.
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Mathematics Science
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
For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.
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Human Humanity Learning Peace
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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Business Greatness Material Reason
From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.
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Humanity Philosophy
If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the earth.
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Justice Live Man Worth
Look closely. The beautiful may be small.
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Beautiful See
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
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Act Law Moral Time
From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
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Humanity Moral
The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.
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Enjoyment Judgement Liberty Power Reason
But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.
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Afraid Darkness Himself Philosophy

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