Preface, A vii
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Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer.
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer." in the context of "Preface, A vii" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes, Critique of Pure Reason (1781; 1787))
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