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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.

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
From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
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Humanity Moral
Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
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Philosophy Spiritual
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
Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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God Hell Knowledge
All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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Law Moral Respect Simplicity
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
Never wish to see a just cause defended with unjust means.
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Crime Justice Moral Protection Right
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
Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!
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Courage Daring Intelligence
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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Freedom Moral Willing Yourself
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
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
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
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 death of dogma is the birth of morality.
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Born Death Mad Moral

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