Kant, Immanuel (1996), page 185
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[T]his species works intentionally on its own destruction (by war). This, however, does not keep the rational creatures of such a constantly advancing culture, even in the midst of war, from promising to mankind in coming centuries an unequivocal prospect of bliss which will never end.
— Immanuel Kant
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Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes, Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798): Book deriving from lectures he delivered annually between 1772/73 and 1795/96, see Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View and Introduction to Kant's Anthropology (by Michel Foucault))
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