“The force of the word World, as commonly used, of itself falls in with us. For no one will attribute accidents to the World as parts, but as determinations, states; hence the so-called world of the ego, unrestrained by the single substance and its accidents, is not very appositely called a World, unless, perhaps, an imaginary one.”

— Immanuel Kant

Kant's Inaugural Dissertation (1770), Section I On The Idea Of A World In General

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German philosopher 1724–1804

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