Kant, Immanuel (1996), page 195
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The man of principles has character. Of him we know definitely what to expect. He does not act on the basis of his instinct, but on the basis of his will. Therefore, without being redundant one can classify characteristics according to a person's faculty of desire (what is practical), as a) his nature, or natural talent, b) his temperament, or disposition, and c) his general character, or mode of thinking.
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The man of principles has character. Of him we know definitely what to expect. He does not act on the basis of his instinct, but on the basis of his will. Therefore, without being redundant one can classify characteristics according to a person's faculty of desire (what is practical), as a) his nature, or natural talent, b) his temperament, or disposition, and c) his general character, or mode of thinking." in the context of "Kant, Immanuel (1996), page 195" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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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