The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Friday, March 18, 2016
Kant on Thought and Intuitions
"But all thought must directly, or indirectly, by means of certain sign, relate ultimately to intuitions; consequently, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us." ~Immanuel Kant, "Transcendental Aesthetic," in Critique of Pure Reason (Prometheus Books, Buffalo: New York, 1990) 21.
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