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Der Versuch als Vermittler von Objekt und Subjekt


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“Investigate what is, and not what pleases.”

Untersuchen was ist, und nicht was behagt
Der Versuch als Vermittler von Objekt und Subjekt (The Attempt as Mediator of Object and Subject) (1792)

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