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long time is required to prod develope ripen the fruit.
They are no inventions of mine. Were they so, that
would be sufficient to condemn them. Confused
notions of these elements appear in the first
infancy of philosophy, and they have never
entirely been forgotten. [insertion]
In Kant they come
out with an approach to lucidity. For
Kant possessed in a high degree all
seven of the mental qualifications of a philosopher,

1st, the ability to discern what is before one's consciousness;
2nd, Inventive originality;
3rd, Generalizing power;
4th, Subtlety;