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

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

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...

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three...

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions,...

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions,...

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

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

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...

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...

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...