"Whereas the beautiful is limited, the sublime is……" — Immanuel Kant
"Whereas the beautiful is limited, the sublime is limitless, so that the mind in the presence of the sublime, attempting to imagine what it cannot, has pain in the failure but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt"
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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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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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Honesty is better than any policy.
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