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Category (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not tools for us; they have us in their possession — how could I set myself up as more universal than the universal?

Category (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠impulses act only instinctively — knots in the mesh of spirit that gain fixity once brought before consciousness.

Category (n.) were ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠found the easy way in Kant's philosophy: since the "I" is totally empty, he simply borrowed the kinds of judgment already listed in traditional logic.

A Category (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Hegel's Logic is both indispensable and incoherent, and that is the engine of the whole work: a concept we must apply portrays a reality that cannot be.

Category (n.) picked ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠up as a welcome find from the table of judgements and complacently accepted are an outrage on Science — where else should the Understanding demonstrate necessity, if not in itself?