In the natural state no concept of God can arise, and the false one which one makes for himself is harmful. Hence… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Freedom is independence of the compulsory will of another, and in so far as it tends to exist with the freedom of… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
In the metaphysical elements of aesthetics the various nonmoral feelings are to be made use of; in the elements of moral metaphysics… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The evil effect of science upon men is principally this, that by far the greatest number of those who wish to display… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Always regard every man as an end in himself, and never use him merely as a means to your ends [i.e., respect… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity...No thing is required for this enlightenment.. .except freedom; and the freedom in question is… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Often war is waged only in order to show valor; thus an inner dignity is ascribed to war itself, and even some… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The desire which a man has for a woman is not directed towards her because she is a human being, but because… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
For how is it possible, says that acute man, that when a concept is given me, I can go beyond it and… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity; and is independence on the… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
A lie is the abandonment and, as it were, the annihilation of the dignity by man. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Nature has willed that man should, by himself, produce everything that goes beyond the mechanical ordering of his animal existence, and that… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
If it were possible for us to have so deep an insight into a man's character as shown both in inner and… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Even if a civil society were to be dissolved by the consent of all its members (e.g., if a people inhabiting an island decided… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Beauty presents an indeterminate concept of Understanding, the sublime an indeterminate concept of Reason. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Freedom is that faculty that enlarges the usefulness of all other faculties. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Philosophical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from concepts ; mathematical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from the construction of concepts. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the liberation of man from his self-caused state of minority... Supere aude! Dare to use your own understanding!is thus the motto of… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The ideal of the supreme being is nothing but a regulative principle of reason which directs us to look upon all connection in the… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“Jeg skal alltid handle slik at den regelen jeg handler etter kunne gjelde som allmenn lov.” — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Deaths, births, and marriages, considering how much they are separately dependent on the freedom of the human will, should seem to be subject to… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
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