Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 13
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There must be a seed of every good thing in the character of men, otherwise no one can bring it out. Lacking that, analogous motives, honor, etc., are substituted. Parents are in the habit of looking out for the inclinations, for the talents and dexterity, perhaps for the disposition of their children, and not at all for their heart or character.
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There must be a seed of every good thing in the character of men, otherwise no one can bring it out. Lacking that, analogous motives, honor, etc., are substituted. Parents are in the habit of looking out for the inclinations, for the talents and dexterity, perhaps for the disposition of their children, and not at all for their heart or character." in the context of "Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 13" 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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