Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end.
Critique of Pure Reason
One formulation of the Categorical Imperative from 'Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals'. Its demanding idealism can be seen as unintentionally comedic in its impracticality for everyday human interaction.
1785
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