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Quotation from Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
“scepticism is merely a means of awakening reason from its dogmatic dreams and exciting it to a more careful investigation into its own powers and pretensions”
Critique of Pure Reason, Doctrine of Method, Discipline of Pure Reason, Sect. II, trans. J. M. D. Meiklejohn (1855)
Kant's verdict on Humean scepticism: valuable as a stimulus, not a resting place.
Citation: "scepticism is merely a means of awakening reason from its dogmatic dreams and exciting it to a more careful investigation into its own powers and pretensions" — Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Doctrine of Method, Discipline of Pure Reason, Sect. II, trans. J. M. D. Meiklejohn (1855). (id critique-of-pure-reason-q12)
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