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Quotation from The Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant
“Without men the whole creation would be a mere waste, in vain, and without final purpose”
The Critique of Judgement, Part II, Methodology, § 86, trans. J. H. Bernard (1914)
The premise of Kant's ethico-theology: creation has worth only through rational beings, and specifically through their good will rather than their power of contemplation.
Citation: "Without men the whole creation would be a mere waste, in vain, and without final purpose" — Immanuel Kant, The Critique of Judgement, Part II, Methodology, § 86, trans. J. H. Bernard (1914). (id kant-critique-of-judgement-q14)
