Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.
– Immanuel Kant
I am always surprised by this quote. Kant is renowned for his monumental attempt to elucidate the proper functioning of human reason, his insistence that such reason could guide human ethics and government, his rigorous and comprehensive philosophical defense of freedom, and his great [...]
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Kant on Human Evil
Posted in Evil, Immanuel Kant, Politics on July 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
