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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

21955	My dogmatic slumber was first interrupted by David Hume [Kant]
	Full Idea: I freely admit that remembrance of David Hume was the very thing that many years ago first interrupted my dogmatic slumber.
	From: Immanuel Kant (Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysic [1781], 4:260), quoted by A.W. Moore - The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics 5.2
	A reaction: A famous declaration. He realised that he had the answer the many scepticisms of Hume, and accept his emphasis on the need for experience.

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

16931	Metaphysics is generating a priori knowledge by intuition and concepts, leading to the synthetic [Kant]
	Full Idea: The generation of knowledge a priori, both according to intuition and according to concepts, and finally the generation of synthetic propositions a priori in philosophical knowledge, constitutes the essential content of metaphysics.
	From: Immanuel Kant (Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysic [1781], 274)
	A reaction: By 'concepts' he implies mere analytic thought, so 'intuition' is where the exciting bit is, and that is rather vague.