But the consequence of this is that it no longer inquires after truth. It achieves its successes precisely by renouncing the quest for truth itself and by directing its attention to the “rightness”, the “soundness” of the system whose hypothetical design must prove itself in the functioning of the experiment. In other words, practical knowledge does not inquire what things are like on their own and in themselves, but only whether they will function for us. The turn toward practical knowledge was accomplished precisely by contemplating, no longer being in itself, but only how it functioned with
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