Full Idea
Categories are concepts that prescribe laws a priori to appearances.
Gist of Idea
Categories are concepts that prescribe laws a priori to appearances
Source
Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B163)
Book Reference
Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Pure Reason', ed/tr. Guyer,P /Wood,A W [CUO 1998], p.263
A Reaction
The intriguing word here is 'laws'. Might it be possible to create a new category of the understanding, by taking drugs, or by spectacularly imaginative thought? It all sounds a bit conservative (as Nietzsche suggested - Idea 2859).
Related Idea
Idea 2859 The idea of the categorical imperative is just that we should all be very obedient [Nietzsche]