An idea from Critique of Pure Reason

Mathematics can be learned by heart. Philosophy cannot, and “we can at most learn to philosophize.” The dogmatist Wolff built systems without testing reason, and Hume ended in doubt. “The critical path alone is still open.”

From Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

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