| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Theaetetus by Plato: philosophy has not the Kantian notion of space, but only the definite
'place' or 'the infinite.' To Plato, in the Timaeus, it is known only as
the 'nurse of generation.' When therefore we speak of the necessity of our
ideas of space we must remember that this is a necessity which has grown up
with the growth of the human mind, and has been made by ourselves. We can
free ourselves from the perplexities which are involved in it by ascending
to a time in which they did not as yet exist. And when space or time are
described as 'a priori forms or intuitions added to the matter given in
sensation,' we should consider that such expressions belong really to the
'pre-historic study' of philosophy, i.e. to the eighteenth century, when
men sought to explain the human mind without regard to history or language
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton: wait while you jump into your toggery. Lots of time." As he
steered her toward the carriage she noticed that he had a gouty
limp, and pulled himself in after her with difficulty.
"Mayn't I come as I am, Nelson, I don't feel like dancing.
Let's go and dine in one of those nice smoky little restaurants
by the Place de la Bourse."
He seemed surprised but relieved at the suggestion, and they
rolled off together. In a corner at Bauge's they found a quiet
table, screened from the other diners, and while Vanderlyn
adjusted his eyeglasses to study the carte Susy stole a long
look at him. He was dressed with even more than his usual
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: it behind their backs as though they did not know. And they follow
that which the devils recited against Solomon's kingdom;- it was not
Solomon who misbelieved, but the devils who misbelieved, teaching
men sorcery,- and what has been revealed to the two angels at Babylon,
Harut and Marut; yet these taught no one until they said, 'We are
but a temptation, so do not misbelieve.' Men learn from them only that
by which they may part man and wife; but they can harm no one
therewith, unless with the permission of God, and they learn what
hurts them and profits them not. And yet they knew that he who
purchased it would have no portion in the future; but sad is the price
at which they have sold their souls, had they but known. But had
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