However, he who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards that he gets stepped on.
• Part two: Metaphysical Principles of Virtue page 98.
• Part two: Metaphysical Principles of Virtue page 98.
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Wer sich aber zum Wurm macht, kann nachher nicht klagen, dass er mit Füßen getreten wird.
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Wer sich aber zum Wurm macht, kann nachher nicht klagen, dass er mit Füßen getreten wird." in the context of "However, he who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards that he gets stepped on.
• Part two: Metaphysical Principles of Virtue page 98." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes, Metaphysics of Morals (1797): Die Metaphysik der Sitten (1797) Translated as Introduction to the Metaphysics of Morals and also in two parts as The Metaphysical Principles of Right and Metaphysical Principles of Virtue)
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