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An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.

Immanuel Kant

We can never, even by the strictest examination, get completely behind the secret springs of action.
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Action Secret Spring
All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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Law Moral Respect Simplicity
But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.
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Afraid Darkness Himself Philosophy
I have therefore found it necessary to deny knowledge, in order to make room for faith.
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Faith Knowledge Myself Necessary
Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.
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Courage Philosophy Reason Spiritual
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
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Experience Intellectual Play
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
Man desires concord; but nature know better what is good for his species; she desires discord.
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God Goodness Herself Man Nature
Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled.
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Easy Greatness Philosophy
It is certainly a bad sign of common sense to appeal to it as a witness.
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Bad Perspective Philosophy
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
Art is purposiveness without purpose.
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Art Purpose
Never wish to see a just cause defended with unjust means.
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Crime Justice Moral Protection Right
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
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
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Book Goodness Mindset Past Reading
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

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