When the man governed by self-interest, the god of this world, does not renounce it but merely refines it by the use of reason and extends it beyond the constricting boundary of the present, he is represented (Luke XVI, 3-9) as one who, in his very person [as servant], defrauds his master [self- interest] and wins from him sacrifices in behalf of duty.


Book IV, Part 1, Section 2, The Christian religion as a natural religion - Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone (1793)

Immanuel Kant Quotes

When the man governed by self-interest, the god of this world, does not renounce it but merely refines it by the use of reason and extends it beyond...

When the man governed by self-interest, the god of this world, does not renounce it but merely refines it by the use of reason and extends it beyond...

When the man governed by self-interest, the god of this world, does not renounce it but merely refines it by the use of reason and extends it beyond...

When the man governed by self-interest, the god of this world, does not renounce it but merely refines it by the use of reason and extends it beyond...