From the perspective of mere representation, the external world always remains only a phenomenon.
Wilhelm DiltheyOn the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as his own self.
Wilhelm DiltheyIn the real life-process, willing, feeling, and thinking are only different aspects.
Wilhelm DiltheyNo real blood flows in the veins of the knowing subject constructed by Locke, Hume, and Kant, but rather the diluted extract of reason as a mere activity of thought.
Wilhelm Dilthey