Sublime

Hume had proved that the law of causality is not analytic, and had inferred that we could not be certain of its truth. Kant accepted the view that it is synthetic, but nevertheless maintained that it is known a priori. He maintained that arithmetic and geometry are synthetic, but are likewise a priori. He was thus led to formulate his problem in th

Character, for Kant, is a rationally chosen way of organizing one’s life, based on years of varied experience—indeed,

By contrast, modern political philosophers—from Immanuel Kant in the eighteenth century to John Rawls in the twentieth century—argue that the principles of justice that define our rights should not rest on any particular conception of virtue, or of the best way to live. Instead, a just society respects each person’s freedom to choose his or her own

And was not Kant contradicting himself when he said that we could know nothing of it, and yet claimed to know that it exists and is a ‘thing’?

Enlightenment thought saw human reason—or more generally, an enlightened human consciousness—as the highest standard in the universe for deciding issues of truth and goodness.

Tel un sage antique, il donne des conseils sur la façon de se comporter, de boire, de se nourrir. Ainsi s’arrête-t-il sur « l’engourdissement de soi-même par l’usage immodéré de la boisson ou même de la nourriture 33 ». Au même titre que les Anciens, Kant s’intéresse à la diététique et aux effets qu’elle peut avoir sur nos comportements, sur notre

La lecture de Nietzsche ne provoqua en lui qu'un agacement bref, celle de Kant ne fit que confirmer ce qu'il savait déjà. La pure morale est unique et universelle. Elle ne subit aucune altération au cours du temps, non plus qu'aucune adjonction. Elle ne dépend d'aucun facteur historique, économique, sociologique ou culturel ; elle ne dépend absolum

“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve a