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" By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man. "
Immanuel Kant
Lie
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" The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason. "
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" A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose. "
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" All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us. "
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Us
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" Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge. "
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Without
Way
Some
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Man
Nothing
Straight
" Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck. "
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Many
Dark
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" It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy. "
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Happy
Will
Happiness
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Our
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Ingratitude
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Nothing
Agreeable
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" 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. "
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Men
Pet
Heart
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Man
Complain
He
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Live
Become
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