But as we can never know these beings of understanding as they are in themselves, that is, as definite, yet must assume them as regards the sensible world and connect them with it by reason, we are at least able to think this connection by means of such concepts as express their relation to the world of sense. "355"
I'm going to start off by saying even if I think I know that Kant is arguing, I probably am in the wrong. Because of that lack of confidence I am not going to give a cool "Greil on Kant" interpretation. I would simply like to talk through Kant's argument as to why we should believe in the immaterial being if we can never know it as the thing-in-itself. I guess some questions could also be, How does Kant's "proof" of a God compare to Descartes? Are their motivations the same? Do the two arguments support each other, or combat each other?
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