"The man of melancholy frame of mind cares little for what others judge, what they consider good or true...Truthfulness is sublime, and he hates lies or dissimulation. He has a high feeling of the dignity of human nature. He values himself and regards a human being as a creature who merits respect. He suffers no depraved submissiveness, and breathes freedom in a noble breast. All chains, from the gilded ones worn in court to the heavy irons of galley slaves, are abominable to him. He is a strict judge of himself and others, and not seldom is weary of himself as of the world...He is in danger of becoming a visionary or a crank."-Kant, Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:29:50 +0000
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