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<div>Describing Kant. Do we live in a world that is this clear? The problem of Kant, his absolute desire for purity. </div><b><div><b><br></b></div>Actual Quote: </b>True freedom is possible only in and through the noumenal realm, through a priori knowledge and the use of reason to understand things-in-themselves. In the phenomenal realm, the sense objects of the natural world cause us to think, act, feel, and desire in certain ways, by virtue of the natural laws of the physical world: we are determined. If we are caught in causal chains that determine us and our behavior, then to break free we must enter the realm where we are not determined by previous events. The reasoning mind is the way in which this freedom is achieved. If we are to be free, the will, rather than desire, must determine our actions.
The Subject of Liberty
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