Time is not an empirical concept. For neither co-existence nor succession would be perceived by us, if the representation of time did not exist as a foundation a priori.
Immanuel KantGenius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.
Immanuel KantIf a man is often the subject of conversation he soon becomes the subject of criticism.
Immanuel KantThe history of the human race, viewed as a whole, may be regarded as the realization of a hidden plan of nature to bring about a political constitution, internally, and for this purpose, also externally perfect, as the only state in which all the capacities implanted by her in mankind can be fully developed.
Immanuel Kant