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Quotation from Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

“I must, therefore, abolish _knowledge_, to make room for _belief”

Immanuel Kant (spoken by Kant)

Critique of Pure Reason, Preface to the Second Edition (B xxx), trans. J. M. D. Meiklejohn (1855)

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Limiting speculative knowledge to appearances leaves room for practical faith in God, freedom and immortality. Modern translations usually render Glaube as 'faith' and aufheben as 'deny'.

Citation: "I must, therefore, abolish _knowledge_, to make room for _belief" — Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Preface to the Second Edition (B xxx), trans. J. M. D. Meiklejohn (1855). (id critique-of-pure-reason-q4)

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