Kant, Immanuel (1996), pages 141
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[W]hat alone has value is the use to which life is put and the end to which it is directed. The value of life has to be created by man, it cannot be obtained through luck but only through wisdom. He who is anxiously concerned over losing his life will never enjoy life.
— Immanuel Kant
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[W]hat alone has value is the use to which life is put and the end to which it is directed. The value of life has to be created by man, it cannot be obtained through luck but only through wisdom. He who is anxiously concerned over losing his life will never enjoy life." in the context of "Kant, Immanuel (1996), pages 141" 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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