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Biography - Immanuel Kant:

German philosopher.
Born: 1724 - Died: 1804
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?



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Quotes for: to know


Quotes

Quotes for: to know


Know or listen to those who know.





Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.






We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge, doubt increases.





Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.





All I know is that I know nothing.





The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.











Quotes for: hope


Quotes

Quotes about hope:


In all things it is better to hope than to despair.





Hope stole into my heart against my will.





Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.





Don't despair.





Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.





Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.











Quotes for: duty


Quotes

Quotes for: duty


I know of only one duty, and that is to love.





Love is a better teacher than duty.





There is only one science to teach to children. It is that of man's duties.





Among the special duties to others, the first is Truthfulness in speech and action.





Freedom is not constituted primarily of privilege but of responsibilities.





It is much easier to obey your superior than to command yourself; and when you can do whatever you want, it's not easy to want only what you have to.











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Immanuel Kant also said...


Have courage to use your own reason!





Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.





Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.





It is through good education that all the good in the world arises.





Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.





Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.












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