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

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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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...

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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...

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.

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,...

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of...

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of...

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.

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...

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

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...

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.

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.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...