I should liken Kant to a man at a ball, who all evening has been carrying on a love affair with a masked beauty in the vain hope of making a conquest, when at last she throws off her mask and reveals herself to be his wife.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I should liken Kant to a man at a ball, who all evening has been carrying on a love affair with a masked beauty in the vain hope of making a conquest, when at last she throws off her mask and reveals herself to be his wife." in the context of "Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Basis of Morality (1840)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.