"Morality is not really the doctrine of how……" — Immanuel Kant
"Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how we are to be worthy of happiness"
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229 Quotes by Immanuel Kant
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I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within…
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Prudence approaches, conscience accuses.
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The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has…
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Laws always lose in energy what the government gains in extent.
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Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable.
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...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We…
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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All human knowledge thus begins with intuitions, proceeds thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.
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What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.
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Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a…
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Honesty is better than any policy.
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Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live…
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