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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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.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By a lie a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as...

By a lie a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as...

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

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...

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...

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

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.

When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that...

When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that...