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Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (German pronunciation: [ɪˈmanuɛl kant]; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was an 18th-century German philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Kant was the last influential philosopher of modern Europe in the classic sequence of the theory of...
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Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe...

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe...

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and the more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within. (transl.: Thomas Kingsmill Abbott) Zwei Dinge erfüllen das Gemüt mit...

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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

Immanuel Kant's quote on theory and experience.

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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.

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So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy

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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?

What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?

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There is, therefore, only one categorical imperative. It is: Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

There is, therefore, only one categorical imperative. It is: Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

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Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.

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Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!

Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!

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From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

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By a lie, a man...annihilates his dignity as a man.

By a lie, a man...annihilates his dignity as a man.

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All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.

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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

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All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?

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Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.

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Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.

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Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

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Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.

Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.

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Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

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Two things fill me with constantly increasing admiration and awe, the longer and more earnestly I reflect on them: the starry heavens without and the moral law within.

Two things fill me with constantly increasing admiration and awe, the longer and more earnestly I reflect on them: the starry heavens without and the moral law within.

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