H. L. Mencken, letter to Theodore Dreiser (17 April 1939)
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Kant was probably the worst writer ever heard of on earth before Karl Marx. Some of his ideas were really quite simple, but he always managed to make them seem unintelligible. I hope he is in Hell.
— H. L. Mencken
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Kant was probably the worst writer ever heard of on earth before Karl Marx. Some of his ideas were really quite simple, but he always managed to make them seem unintelligible. I hope he is in Hell." in the context of "H. L. Mencken, letter to Theodore Dreiser (17 April 1939)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes about Kant: Alphabetized by author )
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