a book thinks me, a pastor acts conscience, a physician prescribes die — Immanuel Kant, Enlightenment

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If I have a book that thinks for me, a pastor who acts as my conscience, a physician who prescribes my diet, and so on… then I have no need to exert myself. I have no need to think, if only I can pay; others will take care of that disagreeable business for me.

Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment

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