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Quotation from The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics by Immanuel Kant

“Do good to thy neighbour, and this beneficence will produce in thee the love of men”

Immanuel Kant

The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, Introduction, XII C, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott

Kant's paraphrase of the command 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself'.

Citation: "Do good to thy neighbour, and this beneficence will produce in thee the love of men" — Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, Introduction, XII C, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. (id kant-metaphysical-elements-of-ethics-q7)

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