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The hell of self-knowledge

4 June 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

Immanuel Kant

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Only the descent into the hell of self-cognition can pave the way to godliness.

— The Metaphysics of Morals, Book II: The Doctrine of Virtue, Chapter II, §14 (p191 Cambridge University Press, 1996)

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