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Stenka25 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
What is "it" representing?
The below is what Immanuel Kant spoke out against the problem with skepticism.
In the sentence there is three "it"s. Can you give me what these three "it"s stands for respectively in order of appearance?
"Skepticism is a resting place f
or human reason, where ? it can reflect upon ? its dogmatic wanderings, but ? it is no dwelling place for permanent settlement."
I offer my answers for your checking them out.
? is human reason. That's for sure.
? seems to stand for human reason in one sense, and skepticism in another.
? is skepticism. That's for sure, too.
In the sentence there is three "it"s. Can you give me what these three "it"s stands for respectively in order of appearance?
"Skepticism is a resting place f
or human reason, where ? it can reflect upon ? its dogmatic wanderings, but ? it is no dwelling place for permanent settlement."
I offer my answers for your checking them out.
? is human reason. That's for sure.
? seems to stand for human reason in one sense, and skepticism in another.
? is skepticism. That's for sure, too.
Top answer
I found the full quotation: Thus scepticism is a resting place for reason, in which it (reason) may reflect on its (reason's) dogmatical wanderings and gain some knowledge of the region in which it (reason) happens to be, that it (reason) may pursue its (reason's) way with greater certainty; but it (scepticism) cannot be its (reason's) permanent dwelling-place.
- I found the full quotation: Thus scepticism is a resting place for reason, in which it (reason) may reflect on its (reason's) dogmatical wanderings and gain some knowledge of the region in which it (reason) happens to be, that it (reason) may pursue its (reason's) way with greater certainty; but it (scepticism) cannot be its (reason's) permanent dwelling-place.
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I found the full quotation:
Thus scepticism is a resting place for reason, in which it (reason) may reflect on its (reason's) dogmatical wanderings and gain some knowledge of the region in which it (reason) happens to be, that it (reason) may pursue its (reason's) way with greater certainty; but it (scepticism) cannot be its (reason's) per
Thus scepticism is a resting place for reason, in which it (reason) may reflect on its (reason's) dogmatical wanderings and gain some knowledge of the region in which it (reason) happens to be, that it (reason) may pursue its (reason's) way with greater certainty; but it (scepticism) cannot be its (reason's) per
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