Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 15
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The more one presupposes that his own power will suffice him to realize what he desires the more practical is that desire. When I treat a man contemptuously, I can inspire him with no practical desire to appreciate my grounds of truth. When I treat any one as worthless, I can inspire him with no desire to do right.
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The more one presupposes that his own power will suffice him to realize what he desires the more practical is that desire. When I treat a man contemptuously, I can inspire him with no practical desire to appreciate my grounds of truth. When I treat any one as worthless, I can inspire him with no desire to do right." in the context of "Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 15" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes, The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904): Quotes of Kant as translated in The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904) by Edward Franklin Buchner )
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