Date: 1797-8, 1799
"Conscience is practical reason holding the human being's duty before him for his acquittal or condemnation in every case that comes under a law."
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Date: 1797-8, 1799
"Consciousness of an inner court in the human being ('before which his thoughts accuse or excuse one another') is conscience."
preview | full record— Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)