The more we devote ourselves to observing animals and their… - Immanuel Kant

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The more we devote ourselves to observing animals and their behaviour, the more we love them, on seeing how gready they care for their young; in such a context, we cannot even contemplate cruelty to a wolf. Leibnitz put the grub he had been observing back on the tree with its leaf, lest he should be guilty of doing any harm to it. It upsets a man to destroy such a creature for no reason, and this tenderness is subsequently transferred to man.

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Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), born Emanuel Kant, was a German philosopher.

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