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Quotation from The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics by Immanuel Kant
“Virtue is always in progress, and yet always begins from the beginning”
The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, Introduction, XVII, Remark, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
Virtue as an unattainable ideal to which one must keep approaching, never a settled custom.
Citation: "Virtue is always in progress, and yet always begins from the beginning" — Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, Introduction, XVII, Remark, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. (id kant-metaphysical-elements-of-ethics-q11)
