"Eine jede Abstraction ist nichts anders, als eine Aufhebung gewisser klaren Vorstellungen, welche man gemeiniglich darum anstellt, damit dasjenige, was übrig ist, desto klärer vorgestellt werde. Jedermann weiß aber, wie viel Thätigkeit hiezu erfodert wird, und so kann man die Abstraktion eine negative Aufmerksamkeit nennen, das ist, ein wahrhaftes Tun und Handlen, welches derjenigen Handlung, wodurch die Vorstellung klar wird, entgegengesetzt ist und durch die Verknüpfung mit ihr das Zero, oder den Mangel der klaren Vorstellung zwege bringt."
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Immanuel Kant
1724 – 1804
deutscher Philosoph
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