Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 9
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Good and strong will. Mechanism must precede science (learning). Also in morals and religion? Too much discipline makes one narrow and kills proficiency. Politeness belongs, not to discipline, but to polish, and thus comes last.
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Good and strong will. Mechanism must precede science (learning). Also in morals and religion? Too much discipline makes one narrow and kills proficiency. Politeness belongs, not to discipline, but to polish, and thus comes last." in the context of "Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 9" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes, The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904): Quotes of Kant as translated in The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904) by Edward Franklin Buchner )
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