Immanuel Kant, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals (1969), trans. Lewis W. Beck, ed. Robert P. Wolff, section 2, p. 44.
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There is, therefore, only one categorical imperative. It is: Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
— Immanuel Kant on Law
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There is, therefore, only one categorical imperative. It is: Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." in the context of "Immanuel Kant, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals (1969), trans. Lewis W. Beck, ed. Robert P. Wolff, section 2, p. 44." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Law" (The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904): Quotes reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 147-157; 182)
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