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“The sum total of all possible knowledge of God is not possible for a human being, not even through a true revelation. But it is one of the worthiest inquiries to see how far our reason can go in the knowledge of God.”

Immanuel Kant

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How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.

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Freedom is that faculty that enlarges the usefulness of all other faculties.

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Philosophical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from concepts ; mathematical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from the construction of concepts.

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A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.

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“Jeg skal alltid handle slik at den regelen jeg handler etter kunne gjelde som allmenn lov.”

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