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 KANTWithout 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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From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
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Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
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But, though all our knowledge begins with experience, it by no means follows that all arises out of experience.
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Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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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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Never wish to see a just cause defended with unjust means.
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In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
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Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!
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You must, therefore you can. A free will and a will subject to moral laws are one and the same thing.
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The main point of enlightenment is man’s release from his self-caused immaturity, primarily in matters of religion.
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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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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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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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The death of dogma is the birth of morality.
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