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Architecture (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the art of exhibiting concepts of things that are possible only through art, things whose form does not have nature as its determining basis.

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Transcendental (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a system of conceptions not so much occupied with objects as with the mode of our cognition of these objects, so far as this mode of cognition is possible a priori.

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The Transcendental (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that which pertains to the possibility of our experiential knowledge, both in the sense of our pre-ontological understanding of being and the explicit conceptual interpretation of it. By contrast, the transcendent is a concept or entity that surpasses our experience (i.e. God).

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Death (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an end. The idea of life after death is but the hope of a future life, arriving from the fact that man feels that the temporal is inadequate to meet and satisfy the demands of his nature.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠both physical and moral. It is impossible to separate the two.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠simply what we call it when we perceive a 'before and an 'after.'

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠1st, an intuition such that it does not arise from, but is presupposed by the senses.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠2nd, an intuition such that you conceive all actual things as situated in time, and not as contained under the general concept of time, as under a common characteristic mark.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠3rd, an intuition, one which, since it is prior to sensation, is a pure intuition.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠4th, an intuition and a continuous magnitude, and moments of time are not parts of time 'but limits with time between them'.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠5th, not something objective and real, and is neither a substance, nor an accident, nor a relation. It is a necessary subjective condition.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠6th, not simply imaginary, but supplies the only condition under which objects of the sense can be co-ordinated.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠7th, an absolutely first formal principle of the sensible world without which our intuition of objects of sense would not be possible.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a partially analyzable concept, which is not open to a real definition, but only a nominal one.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠able to defined only nominally: That is, as an analysis of the ways in which the word 'time' could be used and not a real definition, that is, a definition of the nature of time.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an antecedent of the consciousness of representations in experience. It is the formal condition of the mode according to which objects are placed in the mind lies at the foundation of them. It contains relations of the successive, the coexistent, and the permanent.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠antecedent of the consciousness of representations in experience.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠defined such that I can say that my representations follow one another, or are successive, or, as it may be, coexistent, or permanent, but this means only that we are conscious of them as in succession, coexistent, or permanent.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠eternal time and temporal events are oriented towards it.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a thing in itself, nor is it any objective determination pertaining to, or inherent in things.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a thing with reality, but more like a rule which must be met in order to have reality and any kinds of phenomenon at all. If space (or the extension of things) is a necessary 'rule' for conceiving of any reality outside of my body, time concerns not only external phenomena 'out there', but also all internal acts of the mind 'in here'.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not something which subsist of itself, or which inheres in things as an objective determination. It is merely the subjective condition under which all our intuitions take place : The form of the inward intuition is represented prior to objects, and consequently a priori.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not to be regarded as an object, but as the mode of representation of myself as an object. If I were another kind of being, without this condition of sensibility, then those very determinations which we now represent to ourselves as changes, (insofar as it sits in time), and so forth, would not appear.

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Time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nothing else than the form of all phenomena of the internal sense, that is, 'the form of our internal intuition'.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠about making correct choices, ethics is about proper reasoning.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not concerned with happiness, but duty.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not properly the doctrine how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in the idea that an action is good not because it has good results, or because it is wise, but because it is done in obedience to this inner sense of duty.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in treating humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of another, in every case as an end, never only as a means.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in the categorical imperative in us, the unconditional command of our conscience, to "act as if the maxim of our action were to become by our will a universal law of nature.

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Freedom (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded not in inclination, but in duty.

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Freedom (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not in accord with inclination but with duty, which gives rise to the consciousness of freedom. The glorious order, in turn, gives rise to belief in a wise and great 'author'.

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Freedom (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠alone the unoriginated birthright of man ; it belongs to him by force of his humanity, and is in dependence on the will and coaction of every other, in so far as this consists with every other person’s freedom.

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Peace (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not just an end to hostilities but the permanent removal of the underlying causes and reasons that are the source of hostility.

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Anthropology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠pragmatic (in contrast to the technical and the moral) and it aligns with prudence, which is a knowledge that furthers our happiness or well-being, especially through the use we make of other people.

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Anthropology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the doctrine of systematically formulated knowledge of the human being. It is a study that involves both physiological and pragmatic aspects.

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Discourse (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the general concepts by means of which human understanding must necessarily function.

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Fasting (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not virtuous — it wastes the body, and is only fanatical and monkish.