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...[W]e must admit that... law must be valid, not merely for men, but for all rational creatures generally, not merely under certain contingent conditions or with exceptions, but with absolute necessity...
...[W]e must admit that... law must be valid, not merely for men, but for all rational creatures generally, not merely under certain contingent conditions or with exceptions, but with absolute necessity...
Approximate author period: c. 1764 AD · early modern
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- Immanuel Kant
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- Approximate author period: c. 1764 AD · early modern
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