Aphorisms, quotes, sayings, phrases by Immanuel Kant. Great German Philosophers The Most Famous Quotes by Immanuel Kant

German philosopher, founder of German classical philosophy, standing on the verge of the Enlightenment and Romanticism eras (April 22, 1724 - February 12, 1804).

Quotes and aphorisms

• Have the courage to use your own mind.
• Those people whose lives have the most value are the least afraid of death.
• Women even make the male sex more sophisticated.
• Cunning is the way of thinking of very limited people and is very different from the mind that it outwardly resembles.
• Give a person everything he desires, and at that very moment he will feel that this is not everything.
• Do not accept benefits that you can do without.
• From the very day when a person first says “I,” he puts forward his beloved self wherever necessary, and his egoism uncontrollably strives forward.
• A person can become a person only through education. He is what his upbringing makes him.
• Can he who becomes a creeping worm then complain that he has been crushed?
• Suffering is a stimulus for our activity, and, above all, in it we feel our life; without it there would be a state of lifelessness...
• A man is jealous when he loves; a woman - even when she doesn’t love, because admirers won by other women disappear from the circle of her admirers.
• Always treat a person as an end and never as a means.
• The death of dogma is the birth of reality.
• People would run away from each other if they always saw each other completely openly.
• Duty is respect for the rights of others.
• Principles...represent not only a speculative rule, but also a conscious feeling.
• Flowers are free beauty in nature.

Children should be raised not for the present, but for the future, perhaps the best state of the human race.

If you punish a child for evil and reward him for good, then he will do good for the sake of profit.

Punishments given in a fit of anger do not achieve their goal. In this case, children look at them as consequences, and at themselves as victims of the irritation of the one who punishes.

Soul

Two things always fill the soul with new and ever stronger surprise and awe, the more often and longer we reflect on them - this is the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

Life

People live the longest when they care least about prolonging their lives.

He who fearfully worries about losing his life will never enjoy this life.

Knowledge

The understanding cannot contemplate anything, and the senses cannot think anything. Only from their combination can knowledge arise.

Intuition

Intuition never fails those who are ready for anything.

Love

Love of life means love of truth.

Morality

Morality is a teaching not about how we should make ourselves happy, but about how we should become worthy of happiness.

Wisdom

A wise man can change his mind; fool - never.

Mood

A cheerful facial expression is gradually reflected in the inner world.

The science

Every natural science contains as much truth as there are mathematicians.

Moral

Morality is inherent in character.

Education

Only through education can a person become a human being.

Actions

Act in such a way that the maxim of your action could become the basis of universal legislation.

Don't treat others as a means to achieve your goals.

Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, both in your own person and in the person of everyone else, as an end, and never treat it only as a means.

Poetry

Poetry is a play of feelings into which reason introduces a system.

Death

Those people whose lives have the most value are the least afraid of death.

Justice

When justice disappears, there is nothing left to add value to people's lives.

Fear

What we strive to resist is evil, and if we find our strength insufficient for this, it is an object of fear.

Creation

Poetic creativity is a play of feeling, guided by reason; eloquence is the work of reason, enlivened by feeling.

Vanity

The desire to gain the respect of others for something that does not constitute human dignity at all is vanity.

Respect

Respect is a tribute that we cannot refuse to merit, whether we like it or not; we may not manifest it, but internally we cannot help but feel it.

Mind

Have the courage to use your own mind.

The ability to pose reasonable questions is already an important and necessary sign of intelligence and insight.

Stubbornness

Stubbornness has only the form of character, but not its content.

Character

Character is the ability to act according to principles.

Cunning

Cunning is the way of thinking of very limited people and is very different from the mind that it outwardly resembles.

Human

Give a person everything he desires, and at that very moment he will feel that this is not everything.

If someday a being of a higher order took over our education, then we would really see what can come out of a person.

A person rarely thinks about darkness in the light, in happiness - about trouble, in contentment - about suffering, and, conversely, always thinks in darkness about light, in trouble - about happiness, in poverty - about prosperity.

A person is free if he must obey not another person, but the law.

Selfishness

From the very day when a person first says “I,” he puts forward his beloved self wherever necessary, and his egoism uncontrollably strives forward.

on other topics

Give me matter and I will show you how the world should be formed from it.

If you ask the question whether we now live in an enlightened age, the answer will be: no, but we live in an enlightened age.

There are some misconceptions that cannot be refuted. It is necessary to impart to the erring mind such knowledge as will enlighten it. Then the delusions will disappear by themselves.

It seems to me that every husband prefers a good dish without music to one without a good dish.

The freedom to wave your arms ends at the tip of the other person's nose.

Can he who becomes a creeping worm then complain that he has been crushed?

A woman’s destiny is to rule, a man’s destiny is to reign, because passion rules and the mind rules.

Immanuel Kant was born on April 22, 1724, in the city of Königsberg, Prussia. German philosopher, founder of German classical philosophy. Author of books - “Critique of Pure Reason”, “Critique of Practical Reason”, “Critique of the Power of Judgment”, “Fundamentals of the Metaphysics of Morality”, “Thoughts on the True Evaluation of Living Forces”, etc. He died on February 12, 1804, in the city of Königsberg, Prussia.

Aphorisms, quotes, sayings, phrases Immanuel Kant

• Morality is inherent in character.
• Have the courage to use your own mind.
• Character is the ability to act according to principles.
• Poetry is a play of feelings into which reason introduces a system.
• A cheerful facial expression is gradually reflected in the inner world.
• Those people whose lives have the most value are the least afraid of death.
• People live the longest when they care least about prolonging their lives.
• Every natural science contains as much truth as there are mathematicians.
• Can he who becomes a creeping worm then complain that he has been crushed?
• It seems to me that every husband prefers a good dish without music to one without a good dish.
• Education is an art, the application of which must be perfected over many generations.
• The ability to pose reasonable questions is already an important and necessary sign of intelligence and insight.
• A person can become a person only through education. He is what his upbringing makes him.
• Give a person everything he desires, and at that very moment he will feel that this is not everything.
• If you punish a child for evil and reward him for good, then he will do good for the sake of profit.
• When justice disappears, there is nothing left to add value to people's lives.
• He who fearfully worries about losing his life will never enjoy this life.
• A woman’s destiny is to rule, a man’s destiny is to reign, because passion rules and the mind rules.
• Cunning is the way of thinking of very limited people and is very different from the mind that it outwardly resembles.
• Children should be raised not for the present, but for the future, perhaps the best state of the human race.
• If you ask the question whether we now live in an enlightened age, the answer will be: no, but we live in an enlightened age.
• Morality is a teaching not about how we should make ourselves happy, but about how we should become worthy of happiness.
• The understanding cannot contemplate anything, and the senses cannot think anything. Only from their combination can knowledge arise.
• If someday a being of a higher order took over our education, then we would really see what can come out of a person.
• From the very day when a person first says “I,” he puts forward his beloved self wherever necessary, and his egoism uncontrollably strives forward.
• Respect is a tribute that we cannot refuse to merit, whether we like it or not; we may not manifest it, but internally we cannot help but feel it.
• There are some misconceptions that cannot be refuted. It is necessary to impart to the erring mind such knowledge as will enlighten it. Then the delusions will disappear by themselves.
• Punishments given in a fit of anger do not achieve their goal. In this case, children look at them as consequences, and at themselves as victims of the irritation of the one who punishes.

Immanuel Kant, (1724–1804), German philosopher

There is nothing more offensive for a man than to call him a fool, for a woman to say that she is ugly.

One of the undoubted and pure joys is rest after work.

There are some misconceptions that cannot be refuted. It is necessary to impart to the erring mind such knowledge as will enlighten it. Then the delusions will disappear by themselves.

Morality must lie in character.

Beauty is a symbol of moral goodness.

A person has a tendency to communicate with his own kind, because in this state he feels more like a human being, that is, he feels the development of his natural inclinations. But he also has a strong desire to be alone.

In disputes, a calm state of mind, combined with benevolence, is a sign of the presence of a certain force, due to which the mind is confident of its victory.

All that is called decency is nothing more than good looks.

Cunning is the way of thinking of very limited people and is very different from the mind that it resembles in appearance.

Great ambition has long turned the prudent into madmen. It is human nature to practice moderation, not only for the sake of future health, but also for present well-being.

He who fearfully worries about losing his life will never rejoice in it.

Beautiful is something that belongs solely to taste.

Duty is respect for the rights of others.

Some books would be much clearer if they didn't try so hard to make them clear.

Punishments given in a fit of anger do not achieve their goal.

The meaning of the moral law is so extensive that it is valid not only for people, but for all rational beings in general.

Two things always fill the soul with new and ever stronger surprise and awe, the more often and longer we reflect on them - this is the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

Morality teaches not how to become happy, but how to become worthy of happiness.

Ethics is a philosophy of good will, not just good action.

To be refuted is nothing to fear; One should be afraid of something else - being misunderstood.

Happiness is an ideal not of reason, but of imagination.

Stubbornness has only the form of character, but not its content.

You can't cut anything straight out of a log as crooked as a person.

Man and, in general, every rational being exists as an end in itself.

When justice disappears, there is nothing left to add value to people's lives.

Give a person everything he wants, and at that very moment he will feel that this is not everything.

The ability to pose reasonable questions is already an important and necessary sign of intelligence and insight.

The subjects that children are taught must be appropriate to their age, otherwise there is a danger that they will develop cleverness, fashion, and vanity.

Every natural science contains as much truth as there are mathematicians.

Can he who becomes a creeping worm then complain that he has been crushed?

Character consists of the ability to act according to principles.

In married life, the married couple must form, as it were, a single moral personality.

The greatest sensual pleasure, which does not contain any admixture of disgust, is, in a healthy state, rest after work.

Calling for courage is already half the same as instilling it.

Everything we say must be true, but it does not follow that we are obliged to publicly express every truth.

All the culture and art that adorn humanity, the best social order, are all the fruits of unsociability.

Genius is the talent for inventing something that cannot be taught or learned.

Stupidity is a fault and there is no cure for it.

Virtue denotes courage and bravery and therefore presupposes an enemy.

Duty! You are a sublime, great word, there is nothing pleasant in you that would flatter people.

If we need to help science, then we should reveal difficulties and even look for those that secretly interfere with it...

The life of people devoted only to pleasure without reason and without morality has no value.

The law that lives in us is called conscience. Conscience is, in fact, the application of our actions to this law.

When modesty disappears, there is nothing left to add value to people's lives.

The color on our face gives us away when we are lying, but it does not always serve as evidence of a lie. We often blush at the shamelessness of someone who accuses us of something.

The beauty of an act lies, first of all, in the fact that it is performed easily and as if without any stress.

He who got rid of excesses got rid of deprivations.

People would run away from each other if they saw each other in complete frankness.

Moral value should be seen only in the fact that an action is performed out of a sense of duty.

The responsibility towards oneself is that a person maintain human dignity in himself.

Renouncing your inner conviction is a base act.

Giving children rewards all the time is not good. Through this they become selfish, and from here a corrupt mindset develops.

Work is the best way to enjoy life.

Those people whose lives have the most value are the least afraid of death.

Suffering is a motivation for action.

Ethics is a philosophy of persuasion.