Nature of man Quote by Immanuel Kant

“Human reason, in one sphere of its cognition, is called upon to consider questions, which it cannot decline, as they are presented by its…

— Immanuel Kant

Human reason has the peculiar fate ... that it is burdened with questions that it cannot dismiss ... but which it also cannot answer.

— Immanuel Kant

Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very…

— Immanuel Kant

Human reason has the peculiar fate in one species of its cognitions that it is burdened with questions which it cannot dismiss, since they…

— Immanuel Kant

“I know what those questions are: excuses. Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on…

— Veronica Roth

Human reason is by nature architectonic.

— Immanuel Kant

The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not than in those who know it.

— Blaise Pascal

“Human reason is by nature architectonic." Critique of Pure Reason”

— Kant

“The only reason I'm writing this down is to show how human reason, even very sharp and exact human reason, can get crazily confused…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

— Thomas Paine

“Reason is inherently expansionist. It seeks universal application.”

— Peter Singer

Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.

— Mason Cooley