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They cannot therefore be with propriety termed dogmas. If we consider merely their extension, and whether they are adequate with ideas, the series of conditions may be regarded as all homogeneous. Nay suppose we coued draw an inference, it would be of no consequence in the present case; since no kind of reasoning can give rise to a new idea, such as this of power is; but wherever we reason, we must antecedently be possest of clear ideas, which may be the objects of our reasoning. (which are all of empirical origin), at the foundation of its precepts, yet still into the conception of duty--as an obstacle to be overcome, or as an incitement which should not be made into a motive--these empirical conceptions must necessarily enter, in the construction of a system of pure morality. Notwithstanding, there lies so seductive a charm in the possession of a specious art like this--an art which gives to all our cognitions the form of the understanding, although with respect to the content thereof we may be sadly deficient--that general logic, which is merely a canon of judgement, has been employed as an organon for the actual production, or rather for the semblance of production, of objective assertions, and has thus been grossly misapplied. But the impressions of reflection resolve themselves into our passions and emotions: none of which can possibly represent a substance.