Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Immanuel Kant
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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Sigmund Freud said, “Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.” In this quote, he is saying that thoughts and intuitions without any form of mentalization or concepts are empty and blind. It’s hard to make good decisions if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want or what you want to accomplish. When you don’t have a set of ideas that guide your actions, you can easily find yourself doing things that harm your goals.

Source: Critique Of Pure Reason

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