All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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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,...

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

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

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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

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

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...

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...

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful...

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful...

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without...

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without...

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

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.

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...

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

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

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...

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

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

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...

I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But...

I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.