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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

6207	What fills me with awe are the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me [Kant]
	Full Idea: Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe, the oftener and the more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
	From: Immanuel Kant (Critique of Practical Reason [1788], Concl)
	A reaction: I am beginning to think that the two major issues of all philosophy are ontology and metaethics, and Kant is close to agreeing with me. He certainly wasn't implying that astronomy was a key aspect of philosophy.

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

6184	Consistency is the highest obligation of a philosopher [Kant]
	Full Idea: Consistency is the highest obligation of a philosopher and yet the most rarely found.
	From: Immanuel Kant (Critique of Practical Reason [1788], I.1.1.§3)
	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.