[tag=VBP | lemma=mere] [lemma=chimera] [lemma=□] □
[tag=VBP | lemma=mere] [lemma=chimera] [lemma=","] □
[tag=VBP | lemma=mere] [lemma=chimera] [lemma=mere] □
The absolutely internal in matter , and as it should be according to the pure understanding , is a mere chimera , for matter is not an object for the pure understanding . But when we fashion to ourselves new conceptions of substances , forces , action , and reaction , from the material presented to us by perception , without following the example of experience in their connection , we create mere chimeras , of the possibility of which we cannot discover any criterion , because we have not taken experience for our instructress , though we have borrowed the conceptions from her .