e mërkurë, 31 tetor 2007

These are, apparently, the enthusiastic comments resulting from



the re-discovery of Kant"s papers
These are, apparently, the enthusiastic comments resulting from
the re-discovery of Kant"s papers. A present-day writer would
not speak so decisively of them, but we must all bow in
acknowledgment of Kant"s remarkable contributions to our
subject, published when he was but 31 years old.




The actual available power of a state is in its adult population; but



its hope is in the classes of children and youth whose plastic minds
yield to good influences, and are moulded to higher forms of beauty than
have been conceived by Italian or Grecian art
The actual available power of a state is in its adult population; but
its hope is in the classes of children and youth whose plastic minds
yield to good influences, and are moulded to higher forms of beauty than
have been conceived by Italian or Grecian art. Excellence is always
adorable and to be adored. If it appear in beauty of person, it commands
our admiration; and how much more ought wisdom, which is the beauty of
the mind and the excellency of the soul, to be cultivated and cherished
by every human being! 'For what is there, O, ye gods!' says Cicero,
'more desirable than wisdom? What more excellent and lovely in itself?
What more useful and becoming for a man? Or what more worthy of his
reasonable nature?'