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There must be a seed of every good thing in the character of men, otherwise no one can bring it out.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
Character means that the person derives his rules of conduct from himself and from the dignity of humanity.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
The child must be brought up free (that he allow others to be free).
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
He must not be obliged to dissimulate, he must acquire immediate horror of lies, must learn so to respect the rights of men that they become an insurmountable wall for him.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
I am an investigator by inclination. I feel a great thirst for knowledge and an impatient eagerness to advance, also satisfaction at each progressive step.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
Man's greatest concern is to know how he shall properly fill his place in the universe and correctly understand what he must be in order to be a man.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
When I treat a man contemptuously, I can inspire him with no practical desire to appreciate my grounds of truth. When I treat any one as worthless, I can inspire him with no desire to do right.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
In the natural state no concept of God can arise, and the false one which one makes for himself is harmful. Hence the theory of natural religion can be true only where there is no science; therefore it cannot bind all men together.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
Good and strong will. Mechanism must precede science (learning). Also in morals and religion? Too much discipline makes one narrow and kills proficiency. Politeness belongs, not to discipline, but to polish, and thus comes last.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
In the metaphysical elements of aesthetics the various nonmoral feelings are to be made use of; in the elements of moral metaphysics the various moral feelings of men, according to the differences in sex, age, education, and government, of races and climates, are to be employed.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
The evil effect of science upon men is principally this, that by far the greatest number of those who wish to display a knowledge of it accomplish no improvement at all of the understanding, but only a perversity of it, not to mention that it serves most of them as a tool of vanity.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
The more one presupposes that his own power will suffice him to realize what he desires the more practical is that desire. When I treat a man contemptuously, I can inspire him with no practical desire to appreciate my grounds of truth. When I treat any one as worthless, I can inspire him with no desire to do right.
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)