Kant- Impressions

Just because we are given our senses to recognize things, does not mean that we necessarily understand them. A person can sit and observe something they have never seen, but this doesn’t actually mean that they understand the purpose or meaning behind that structure. Almost everything on earth has a purpose, and most things are complex. Some things though, may be deceiving, where they look completely simple, but inside there is a lot more that we cannot see. It is kind of the same. A perfect example of this would be a first impression. A person can take a quick look at another person walking by and begin to for a judgement. Not knowing anything about him/her, from what we see, we have already decided the person’s character. Little do we know that they can either be the complete opposite, or they can have an amazing life story that may be inspiring, or even sad. Most first impressions are wrong, because we are only observing