Of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made
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| "[[Of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made]]" is a dictum by [[Immanuel Kant]]. | "[[Of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made]]" is a dictum by [[Immanuel Kant]]. | ||
| + | It is found in ''[[Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher]]''. | ||
| See also: [[Ecclesiastes]] 1:15 "What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted." | See also: [[Ecclesiastes]] 1:15 "What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted." | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *“krummes Holz” | + | *Aus so krummem Holze, als woraus der Mensch gemacht ist, kann nichts ganz Gerades gezimmert werden. |
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| *[[What a piece of work is a man]] | *[[What a piece of work is a man]] | ||
| *[[Straight]] | *[[Straight]] | ||
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"Of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made" is a dictum by Immanuel Kant.
It is found in Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher. See also: Ecclesiastes 1:15 "What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted."
See also
- Aus so krummem Holze, als woraus der Mensch gemacht ist, kann nichts ganz Gerades gezimmert werden.
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