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" Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and the more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within. "
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by University magazine - 1877
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Philosophy's Higher Education

Nigel Tubbs - 2004 - 232 pages
...eternal return comes later in the chapter. 15 Of course Kant was himself partial to looking to the stars. 'Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.' Kant, I....
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The Wondering Brain: Thinking about Religion with and Beyond Cognitive ...

Kelly Bulkeley - 2005 - 254 pages
...felt as much, as indicated by his celebrated conclusion to The Critique of Practical Reason (1788): Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. I do not...
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Ethical Studies

Robert A. Bowie - 2004 - 356 pages
...seek an ultimate end called the supreme good, the summum bonum, so, for Kant, morality led to God. • 'Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe ... the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.' • Moral statements are 'a priori synthetic'...
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Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1-3

Dietrich Bonhoeffer - 2004 - 234 pages
...(18), FL (20), and UK (10) read similarly. Cf. Kant's "Conclusion" to his Critique of Practical Reason: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the ol'tener and world of humankind and takes no part in human life. Why do they not recognize this? Because...
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Myths of the Self: Narrative Identity and Postmodern Metaphysics

Olav Bryant Smith - 2004 - 222 pages
...sciencereligion problem to heart is reflected in his famous lines written in the Critique of Practical Reason: Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the...
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Discover the Book God Wrote

Bill Bright - 2005 - 254 pages
...space that sparks an innate religious sense? Philosopher Immanuel Kant said there are two things that "fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me."6 Actually, the Bible explains this phenomenon:...
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Kuki Shuzo: A Philosopher's Poetry and Poetics

Michael F. Marra - 2004 - 380 pages
...Voltaire, Newton conceived the idea of universal gravitation after seeing an apple fall in his garden. 16. "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the...
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Moral Vision: How Everyday Life Shapes Ethical Thinking

Duane L. Cady - 2005 - 138 pages
...reason is alleged to solve, once and for all, the problem of the ages: how are we to live? For Kant, "two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within."4 Scientific reason...
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Gateway to Judaism: The What, how and why of Jewish Life

Mordechai Becher - 2005 - 532 pages
...to do the right thing," yet the origin of the sensation of "ought" is not clear. Immanuel Kant said, "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily they are reflected on: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me."36 Although...
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Gestures of Ethical Life: Reading Hölderlin's Question of Measure After ...

David Michael Kleinberg-Levin - 2005 - 540 pages
...acknowledge a much deeper wisdom than has commonly been recognized in Kant's frequently cited observation: Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heaven above me and the moral law within me. I do not...
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