Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?

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Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...

A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are...

Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are...

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing...

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing...

Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.

Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind...

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind...

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not...

Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not...

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third...

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third...

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of...

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of...

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work...

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work...

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...