Immanuel Kant Quotes

Biography: Immanuel Kant is known for his critical philosophy, particularly the "... more Biography: Immanuel Kant is known for his critical philosophy, particularly the "Critique of Pure Reason." Born in 1724 in Königsberg, Prussia, he revolutionized modern philosophy by arguing that human experience is shaped by our perceptions and concepts. His ideas laid the groundwork for much of contemporary thought. less

"To be is to do""Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law""Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for""Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness""The death of dogma is the birth of morality""So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world""Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse strewn with many a philosophic wreck""Idealism is the assertion that we have an absolute finite knowledge of the infinite whereas realism professes that the infinite is known to us only relatively and therefore must remain always a mystery to us""In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so""Have the courage to use your own understanding""All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason There is nothing higher than reason""Dare to know""Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end""Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination""Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity""Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made""Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.""Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.""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.""We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without."

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