Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Ich soll niemals anders verfahren als so, dass ich auch wollen könne, meine Maxime solle ein allgemeines Gesetz werden.

Immanuel Kant

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

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How to live

Author

Immanuel Kant

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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

German

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Russia Europe

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Original Citation

Kant, Immanuel. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten [Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals]. Riga: J. F. Hartknoch, 1785.

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Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, translated by Mary Gregor and Jes Timmermann. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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