"Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for."
"Always regard every man as an end in himself, and never use him merely as a means to your ends [i.e., respect that each person has a life and purpose that is their own; do not treat people as objects to be exploited]."
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Source: Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment? by Immanuel Kant, translated by Lewis White Beck, 1784.
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