## Highlights mortal temptations fade in the face of threats to life itself. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hvtm5r5xf517dcnptqphf262)) ^0b2wz7 - 💭 ultimate form of thinking long term why commiting to a life where you aspire to a higher self downplays such temptations Kant always emphasized the limits of our knowledge, and none of us know if we would crumble when faced with death or torture. Most of us probably would. But all of us know what we *should* do in such a case, and we know that we *could*. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hvtmaajf0xte1cg70744hgem)) ^x6i04w - 💭 hope, Not pleasure but justice can move human beings to deeds that overcome the deepest of animal desires, the love of life. We want to determine the world, not only to be determined by it. We are born and we die as part of nature, but we feel most alive when we go beyond it: To be human is to refuse to accept the world we are given. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hvtmdf2sjyvb255sk49y7tcn)) - 💭 valuing human life as a whole allows us to strive beyond our current perceptions and capabilities towards this pursuit. we have a natural course, but we can push ourselves for the sake of self-actualization? - Why being mode is more valuable than having mode - - Dreaming