Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually progress from one level of insight to another

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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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.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

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

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

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...

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

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...

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to...

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to...

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

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.

That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent...

That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent...

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...

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild

The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know...

The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know...

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...

The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it...

The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it...

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

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief

Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief