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All bodies, together with the space in which they are, must be considered nothing. Metaphysics have been but mere representations, and exist nowhere but in our thoughts to and mislead into childish efforts of catching bubbles, because appearances, which are mere representations, were taken for things in themselves.
All bodies, together with the space in which they are, must be considered nothing. Metaphysics have been but mere representations, and exist nowhere but in our thoughts to and mislead into childish efforts of catching bubbles, because appearances, which are mere representations, were taken for things in themselves.
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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Supplied reference B; unit 1030; PDF page 100; printed attribution: Immanuel Kant
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