Art is purposiveness without purpose.
IMMANUEL KANTEnlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another.
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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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Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.
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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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The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.
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Man desires concord; but nature know better what is good for his species; she desires discord.
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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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But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.
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We can never, even by the strictest examination, get completely behind the secret springs of action.
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The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
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Give me matter and I will build a world out of it.
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Laughter is an affect resulting from the sudden transformation of a heightened expectation into nothing.
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The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.
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Never wish to see a just cause defended with unjust means.
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Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.
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Look closely. The beautiful may be small.
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