Quote: a system requires a schema, i.e., an a priori content and arrangement of parts; otherwise the unity is accidental

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We require, for the execution of the idea of a system, a schema, that is, a content and an arrangement of parts determined a priori by the principle which the aim of the system prescribes. A schema which is not projected in accordance with an idea ..., but merely empirically, in accordance with accidental aims and purposes ..., can give us nothing more than technical unity.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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