Single Idea 6184

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason]

Full Idea

Consistency is the highest obligation of a philosopher and yet the most rarely found.

Gist of Idea

Consistency is the highest obligation of a philosopher

Source

Immanuel Kant (Critique of Practical Reason [1788], I.1.1.§3)

Book Reference

Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Practical Reason (Third edition)', ed/tr. Beck,Lewis White [Library of Liberal Arts 1993], p.23


A Reaction

I agree with this, and it also strikes me as the single most important principle of Kant's philosophy, which is the key to his whole moral theory.