B xxxiv
Introduction (Einleitung.)(A 1, B 1)
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Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and skepticism, which are dangerous chiefly to the Schools, and hardly allow of being handed on to the public.
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and skepticism, which are dangerous chiefly to the Schools, and hardly allow of being handed on to the public." in the context of "B xxxiv Introduction (Einleitung.)(A 1, B 1)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes, Critique of Pure Reason (1781; 1787))
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