Quote of Immanuel Kant - Immaturity is the incapacity to use...
Biography - Immanuel Kant:
German philosopher.
Born: 1724 - Died: 1804
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1724 - Died: 1804
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Note
Quote source: Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?
Translation
(French, German)
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Quotes about intelligence:
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
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