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What might be said of things in themselves, separated from all relationship to our senses, remains for us absolutely unknown.

Immanuel Kant

Give me matter and I will build a world out of it.
IMMANUEL KANT

Material Science World
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
The history of nature, begins with good, for it is God’s work; the history of freedom begins with badness, for it is man’s work.
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Freedom God History Man Nature
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
It is impossible to conceive anything at all in the world, or even out of it, which can be taken as good without qualification, except a good will.
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Goodness Impossible Philosophy Willing World
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
We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
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Material Philosophy Rich
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
Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.
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Discipline Himself Man Nature Wild
Look closely. The beautiful may be small.
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Beautiful See
Human beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends.
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Break Up End Human
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
Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!
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Courage Daring Intelligence
There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.
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Bad Philosophy Protection Weakness
One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.
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Himself Oneself People Worth
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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Genius Independent Learning Person

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