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An Object (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠appearance is that which contains the condition of the necessary rule of apprehension — the rule that makes one way of combining the manifold necessary.

An Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what explains why other people's judgments must agree with mine: without the unity of an object they all refer to, there would be no reason for them to harmonize.

An Object (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be explained as another representation standing behind our representations, for that would only raise anew the question how that representation goes beyond itself.

An Object (n.) always ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠remains unknown in itself; it is determined only through the universally valid connection that the understanding gives to our representations.

An Object (n.) distinct ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from all our representations is nothing for us — a mere X; the unity it seems to demand is in fact nothing but the formal unity of consciousness in synthesizing the manifold.