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?

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with...

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with...

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself,...

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself,...

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises...

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises...

Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how...

Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how...

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.

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is...

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is...

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

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

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics...

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics...

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge that begins with experience.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge that begins with experience.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form

Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We...

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We...

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become...

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become...

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an...

Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an...