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"Kant views humans as ends in themselves, rational beings deserving respect. Only act in ways you’d want everyone to act, as treating people as mere means violates their dignity. We can reason and make deliberate choices, unlike other sentient beings. True moral action requires autonomy; universal law means acting from reason, not heteronomy." — 21 hours, 17 min ago
"Kant views humans as ends in themselves, rational beings deserving respect. Only act in ways you’d want everyone to act, as treating people as mere means violates their dignity. We can reason and make deliberate choices, unlike other sentient beings. True moral action requires autonomy; universal law means acting from reason, not heteronomy." — 21 hours, 17 min ago
On the Road
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I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up. I had just gotten over a serious illness that I won’t bother to talk about, except that it had something to do with the miserably weary split-up and my feeling that everything was
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“74. A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possess at least two things besides: gratitude and purity.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
“Throughout the war, it was always my endeavour to view my opponent without animus, and to form an opinion of him as a man on the basis of the courage he showed. I would always try and seek him out in combat and kill him, and I expected nothing else from him. But never did I entertain mean thoughts of him. When prisoners fell into my hands, later on, I felt responsible for their safety, and would always do everything in my power for them.”
― Storm of Steel
― Storm of Steel
“It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it, even with the best right, but without being OBLIGED to do so, proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring beyond measure.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
“Abbiamo bisogno di tempo. Di mettere tempo fra noi. Di vivere insieme, di viaggiare insieme, perché il nostro pensiero riconosca istintivamente l'altro; e lo riconosca come una presenza automatica di consuetudine e di affetto. Abbiamo bisogno di molto tempo per accettare la brutalità del fatto di non essere più soli.”
― Camere separate
― Camere separate
“I dislike him.”—Why?—“I am not a match for him.”—Did any one ever answer so?”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
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