George Henry Lewes, Aristotle: a Chapter from the History of Science (1864) citing Kant's Kritik Einleitung, § III., p. 9
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Kant truly says "it is the fate of human reason in speculation to build as rapidly as possible, and only when the edifice is completed to examine the solidity of its foundations." And the source of such carelessness he finds in this, that knowledge often consisting in the analysis of our conceptions, we are led to pay exclusive attention to them, rather than to their origin.
— George Henry Lewes
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Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes about Kant: Alphabetized by author )
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