Immanuel Kant

"Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."

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Source: Critique of Practical Reason. Book by Immanuel Kant, 1788.

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Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant

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Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher known for his work in ethics and epistemology, particularly through his influential text 'Critique of Pure Reason.'

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