Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reaso… - Immanuel Kant

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Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer.

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About Immanuel Kant

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

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Thus there is an analogy between the juridical relation of human actions and the mechanical relation of moving forces. I never can do anything to another man without giving him a right to do the same to me on the same conditions; just as no body can act with its moving force on another body without thereby causing the other to react equally against it.

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Eine jede Wissenschaft ist für sich ein System; und es ist nicht genug, in ihr nach Principien zu bauen und also technisch zu verfahren, sondern muß man mit ihr, als einem für sich bestehenden Gebäude, auch architektonisch zu Werke gehen und sie nicht wie einen Anbau und als einen Theil eines andern Gebäudes, sondern als in Ganzes für sich behandeln, ob man gleich nachher einen Übergang aus diesem in jenes oder wechselseitig errichten kann.

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