id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikiquote-org-7832 Immanuel Kant - Wikiquote .html text/html 22532 1450 68 But in pure philosophy, such as metaphysics, in which the use of the intellect in respect to principles is real, that is to say, where the primary concept of things and relations and the very axioms are given originally by the pure intellect itself, and not being intuitions do not enjoy immunity from error, the method precedes the whole science, and whatever is attempted before its precepts are thoroughly discussed and firmly established is looked upon as rashly conceived and to be rejected among vain instances of mental playfulness. Whatever concept one may hold, from a metaphysical point of view, concerning the freedom of the will, certainly its appearances, which are human actions, like every other natural event are determined by universal laws. ./cache/en-wikiquote-org-7832.html ./txt/en-wikiquote-org-7832.txt