Kt6:333
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Even if a civil society were to be dissolved by the consent of all its members (e.g., if a people inhabiting an island decided to separate and disperse throughout the world), the last murderer remaining in prison would first have to be executed, so that each has done to him what his deeds deserve and blood guilt does not cling to the people for not having insisted upon this punishment; for otherwise the people can be regarded as collaborators in his public violation of justice.
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Even if a civil society were to be dissolved by the consent of all its members (e.g., if a people inhabiting an island decided to separate and disperse throughout the world), the last murderer remaining in prison would first have to be executed, so that each has done to him what his deeds deserve and blood guilt does not cling to the people for not having insisted upon this punishment; for otherwise the people can be regarded as collaborators in his public violation of justice." in the context of "Kt6:333" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes, Metaphysics of Morals (1797): Die Metaphysik der Sitten (1797) Translated as Introduction to the Metaphysics of Morals and also in two parts as The Metaphysical Principles of Right and Metaphysical Principles of Virtue)
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