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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

3656	The greatest good for a state is true philosophers [Descartes]
	Full Idea: The greatest good which can exist in a state is to have true philosophers.
	From: René Descartes (Principles of Philosophy [1646], Pref)
	A reaction: …because they understand true reality, especially the Good.

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

22077	Metaphysics is the lattice which makes incoming material intelligible [Hegel]
	Full Idea: Metaphysics means nothing other than the range of general determinations of thought, the diamond lattice, as it were, into which we bring all material and thereby first make it intelligible.
	From: Georg W.F.Hegel (Philosophy of Nature (Encylopedia II) [1817], §3), quoted by Stephen Houlgate - Hegel p.95
	A reaction: This sounds to me like a perfect summary of Kant's transcendental view. Metaphysics is the a priori deconstruction of our conceptual scheme. But for Kant it is fixed, and for Hegel it is dynamic.