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Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 53

Man's greatest concern is to know how he shall properly fill his place in the universe and correctly understand what he must be in order to be a man.

— Immanuel Kant

What It Means

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Immanuel Kant

About Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), born Emanuel Kant, was a German philosopher.