Kant- Critique page 75-82

Kant says, "....If we, as is commonly done, represent to ourselves the appearance of the sensible world as things in themselve, if we assume the principles of their combination as principles universally valid of things in themselves and not merely of experience, as is usually, nay, without our critique, unavoidably done, there arises an unexpected conflict which never can be removed in the common dogmatic way; because the thesis as well as the antithesis can be shown by equally clear, evident, and irresistable proofs-for I pledge myself as to the correctioness of all these proofs- and reason therefore perceives that it is divided against itself, a state at which the skeptic rejoices, but which must make the critical philosopher pause and feel ill at ease." When I read this paragraph, I thought of it as a great way to end my series of posting. He goes on to say how when philosohpers write they must make sure not to sound like they are lying or contradicting. After reading 4 philosophers and they all contradict it is hard to say who is to beleive. What he talks about for a great deal of his book later and in the conclusion is about critique. In today's world we are critiqued as well. As college students, we get critiqued by our way of writing of papers, or comments etc. Philosphers must have also been critiqued which adds a whole new dynamic of what must have influenced then to write what they wrote based on what they were feeling.