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All this has been brought about by the rift in the development of the human mind described above. [In his ethical investigations, Eduard von Hartmann provided important suggestions, but his epistemological investigations did not bring anything new or important. Thus Kantian thinking has developed into a formal habit of thought in modern intellectual life.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"12. 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Und doch beruht sein ganzer «transzendentaler Realismus» darauf, dass er sich in etwas eingesponnen hat, was er selbst gemacht hat und von dem er annimmt, dass es eine objektive Wahrheit sei. Auf diese Weise kommt der Mensch niemals über das Urteil hinaus: Das, was ich im Vorstellen begreife, geht immer nur bis an die Grenze des Dinges an sich, es ist also nur subjektiv. - Diese Denkgewohnheit hat sich im Laufe der Zeit so fest eingelebt, dass alle diejenigen Erkenntnistheoretiker, die sich etwas darauf zugutetun, Kant zu verstehen, einen jeden für einen beschränkten Menschen halten, der nicht zugeben kann, dass ihre Definition von der Vorstellung und von der subjektiven Natur des Beobachteten richtig sei. Das alles ist durch den vorhin geschilderten Riss in der menschlichen Geistesentwicklung herbeigeführt worden. 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