"Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices……" — Immanuel Kant
"Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes really to love him to whom he has done good. When, therefore, it is said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," it is not meant, thou shalt love him first and do him good in consequence of that love, but, thou shalt do good to thy neighbor; and this thy beneficence will engender in thee that love to mankind which is the fulness and consummation of the inclination to do good."
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229 Quotes by Immanuel Kant
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Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable.
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Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.
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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
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Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation…
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