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Essay · Philosophical literature

Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.

Immanuel Kant

1784

★ 7.1

Philosophical literature

There is... Only a single categorical imperative and it is this: Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

Immanuel Kant

The Metaphysics of Morals · 1785

★ 5.3

Philosophical literature

Sapere aude! Have the courage to use your own reason! This is the motto of the Enlightenment.

Immanuel Kant

What is Enlightenment? · 1784

★ 3.7

Philosophical literature

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more seriously reflection concentrates upon them: the starry heaven above me and the moral law within me.

Immanuel Kant

Critique of Practical Reason · 1788

★ 2.0

Philosophical literature

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Immanuel Kant

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals · 1785

★ 1.3

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