W. Somerset MaughamKant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.
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If you want to think of things precisely, you have to be exact in your thoughts. In doing so, you will never have the freedom to go beyond the limits of thinking. The true thing is that you can never think beyond Kant’s limits.
Source: Of Human Bondage
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