Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On … - Arthur Balfour

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Whenever someone says the words 'Our friendship is more important than this,' watch out, because it almost never is.

Arthur Balfour

Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's back, and find them both ingenious.

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