The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it will continue to be possible to live on Earth Immanuel Kant More Quotes by Immanuel Kant More Quotes From Immanuel Kant Nature, when left to universal laws, tends to produce regularity out of chaos. Immanuel Kant nature law science Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. Immanuel Kant should law time Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes really to love him to whom he has done good. When, therefore, it is said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," it is not meant, thou shalt love him first and do him good in consequence of that love, but, thou shalt do good to thy neighbor; and this thy beneficence will engender in thee that love to mankind which is the fulness and consummation of the inclination to do good. Immanuel Kant charity done practice Even a man's exact imitation of the song of the nightingale displeases us when we discover that it is a mimicry, and not the nightingale. Immanuel Kant mimicry song men For how is it possible, says that acute man, that when a concept is given me, I can go beyond it and connect with it another which is not contained in it, in such a manner as if that latter necessarily belonged to the former? Immanuel Kant latter given men There is no virtue in penance and fasting which waste the body; they are only fanatical and monkish. Immanuel Kant penance fasting waste Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination. Immanuel Kant examination criticism age Perhaps a revolution can overthrow autocratic despotism and profiteering or power-grabbing oppression, but it can never truly reform a manner of thinking; instead, new prejudices, just like the old ones they replace, will serve as a leash for the great unthinking mass. Immanuel Kant reform revolution thinking There is nothing higher than reason. Immanuel Kant categorical-imperative reason knowledge One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is manifested by individuals here and there; but the web of human history as a whole appears to be woven from folly and childish vanity, often, too, from puerile wickedness and love of destruction: with the result that at the end one is puzzled to know what idea to form of our species which prides itself so much on its advantages. Immanuel Kant vanity pride men Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity. Immanuel Kant force humanity men All appearances are real and negatio; sophistical: All reality must be sensation. Immanuel Kant real appearance reality It is precisely in knowing its limits that philosophy consists. Immanuel Kant limits knowing philosophy All natural capacities of a creature are destined to evolve completely to their natural end. Immanuel Kant ends capacity natural Melancholy characterizes those with a superb sense of the sublime. Immanuel Kant superb melancholy sublime The sum total of all possible knowledge of God is not possible for a human being, not even through a true revelation. But it is one of the worthiest inquiries to see how far our reason can go in the knowledge of God. Immanuel Kant inquiry knowledge-of-god philosophy In the kingdom of ends everything has either a price or a dignity. Whatever has a price can be replaced by something else as its equivalent; on the other hand, whatever is above all price, and therefore admits of no equivalent, has a dignity. But that which constitutes the condition under which alone something can be an end in itself does not have mere relative worth, i.e., price, but an intrinsic worth, i.e., a dignity. Immanuel Kant kingdoms doe hands Moral Teleology supplies the deficiency in physical Teleology , and first establishes a Theology ; because the latter, if it did not borrow from the former without being observed, but were to proceed consistently, could only found a Demonology , which is incapable of any definite concept. Immanuel Kant moral found firsts It is the Land of Truth (enchanted name!), surrounded by a wide and stormy ocean, the true home of illusion, where many a fog bank and ice, that soon melts away, tempt us to believe in new lands, while constantly deceiving the adventurous mariner with vain hopes, and involving him in adventures which he can never leave, yet never bring to an end. Immanuel Kant ocean home believe Imagination is a powerful agent for creating, as it were, a second nature out of the material supplied to it by actual nature. Immanuel Kant creating powerful nature
