Full Quote of Immanuel Kant

In any special doctrine of nature there can only be as much proper science as there is mathematics therein. And since chemistry fails to satisfy this condition, chemistry can be nothing more than a systematic art or experimental doctrine, but never a proper 

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In any special doctrine of nature there can only be as much proper science as there is mathematics therein. And since chemistry fails to satisfy this condition, it is an improper science. So long, therefore, as there is still for chemical actions of matters on one another no concept to be discovered that can be constructed, that is, no law of approach or withdrawal of the parts of matter can be specified according to which, perhaps in proportion to their density or the like, their motions and all the consequences thereof can be made intuitive and presented a priori in space (a demand that wdl only with great difficulty ever be fulfilled), then chemistry can be nothing more than a systematic art or experimental doctrine, but never a proper science, because its principles are merely empirical, and allow of no a priori presentation in intuition. Consequently, they do not in the least make the principles of chemical appearances conceivable with respect to their possibility, for they are not receptive to the application of mathematics. 

We thank Professor Ivan Gutman (University of Kragujevac, Serbia) for the correspondence on Immanuel Kant. 

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