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Quotes by Immanuel Kant

Freedom is independence of the compulsory will of another, and in so far as it tends to exist with the freedom of all according to a universal law, it is the one sole original inborn right belonging to every man in virtue of his humanity.

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
 
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If man is not to stifle his human feelings, he must practice kindness towards animals, for he who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
 
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If man is not to stifle his human feelings, he must practice kindness towards animals, for he who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
 
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If man is not to stifle his human feelings, he must practice kindness towards animals, for he who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
 
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If man is not to stifle his human feelings, he must practice kindness towards animals, for he who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
 
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Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know!

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
Source: from Kant's essay "What is Enlightenment" quoted in Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You by Gerd Gigerenzer
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Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
Source: Critique of Practical Reason
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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
 
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Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
 
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The possession of power unavoidably spoils the free use of reason.

Immanuel Kant : German metaphysician & transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
 
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