The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

Every educated person is a future enemy

Every educated person is a future enemy

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

It's almost two societies, the living and the dead, and you live with them both.

It's almost two societies, the living and the dead, and you live with them both.

The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still...

The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still...