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

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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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...

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

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...

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually...

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually...

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...

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,...

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...

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...