Immanuel Kant Quotes
Philosophy stands in need of a science which shall determine the possibility, principles, and extent of human knowledge à priori.
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Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity; and is independence on the will and co-action of every other in so far as this consists with every other person’s freedom.
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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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Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
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The light dove, cleaving the air in her free flight, and feeling its resistance, might imagine that its flight would be still easier in empty space.
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Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.
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Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
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It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
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Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.
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This problem is the most difficult and the last to be solved by mankind.
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The yellow Indians do have a meagre talent. The Negroes are far below them, and at the lowest point are a part of the American people.
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The hand is the visible part of the brain.
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Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.
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Perpetual Peace is only found in the graveyard.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death.
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Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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In every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics.
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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.