Immanuel Kant

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The good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes, it is good because of its volition.

From The Metaphysics of Morals

Axioms are not mere assumptions; they are necessary truths.

From The Critique of Pure Reason

Human reason has a tendency to go beyond the limits of experience.

From The Critique of Pure Reason

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.

From The Metaphysics of Morals

The critique of pure reason must be a critique of the faculty of reason itself.

From The Critique of Pure Reason

The moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected from it, nor in any principle of action that is based on the expected effect.

From The Metaphysics of Morals

A good will is the only thing that is good without qualification.

From The Metaphysics of Morals

The good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes, it is good in itself.

From The Metaphysics of Morals

The categories are nothing but functions of the understanding.

From The Critique of Pure Reason

In order to be able to think, we must be able to judge.

From The Critique of Pure Reason