enought said

Mar 31, 2006 11:47

"And, in fact, we find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to te aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man get away from true contentment. Because of this there arises in many persons, if only they are candid enough to admit it, a certain degree of misology (hatred of reason). This is especially so in the case of those who are the most experienced in the use of reason , because after calculating all the advanages they derive, I say not from the invention of all the arts of common luxury, but even from the sciences (which in the end seem to them to be also a luxury of the understanding, they yet find that they have in fact only brought more trouble on their heads than they have gained in happiness. Therefore, they come to envy, rather than despise, the more common run of men who are closer to the guidance of mere natural instinct and who do not allow their reason much influence on their conduct."
-Kant
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