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.
IMMANUEL KANTA 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.
More Immanuel Kant Quotes
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Look closely. The beautiful may be small.
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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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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 main point of enlightenment is man’s release from his self-caused immaturity, primarily in matters of religion.
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Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.
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Things which as effects presuppose others as causes cannot be reciprocally at the same time causes of these.
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From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
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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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From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
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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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But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.
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The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.
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Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
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Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.
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The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.
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