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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Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous...

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous...

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty...

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty...

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

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

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

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.

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...

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means...

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means...

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...

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...

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long...

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long...

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.