Immanuel Kant, Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798), translated by Mary J. Gregor (1974), p. 142
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Inclinations of illusion make weak men superstitious and superstitious men weak. ... The illusion that leads them to mistake the subjective for the objective, to take the voice of inner sense for knowledge of things themselves, also makes the tendency to superstition comprehensible.
— Immanuel Kant on Superstition
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Inclinations of illusion make weak men superstitious and superstitious men weak. ... The illusion that leads them to mistake the subjective for the objective, to take the voice of inner sense for knowledge of things themselves, also makes the tendency to superstition comprehensible." in the context of "Immanuel Kant, Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798), translated by Mary J. Gregor (1974), p. 142" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Superstition" (K)
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