Ninth Thesis
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A philosophical attempt to work out a universal history according to a natural plan directed to achieving the civic union of the human race must be regarded as possible and, indeed, as contributing to this end of Nature.
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A philosophical attempt to work out a universal history according to a natural plan directed to achieving the civic union of the human race must be regarded as possible and, indeed, as contributing to this end of Nature." in the context of "Ninth Thesis" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes, Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View (1784): Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View (1784) as translated in ''''On History (1963) by Lewis White Beck; also translated as Idea for a General History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose'')
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