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But this problem does not concern reason in its practical use; and we have, therefore, in a canon of pure reason, to do with only two questions, which relate to the practical interest of pure reason; Is there a God? But, as no one ought to be blamed, merely because he does not feel himself justified in maintaining a certain opinion, as if he altogether denied its truth and asserted the opposite, it is more correct--as it is less harsh--to say, the deist believes in a God, the theist in a living God (summa intelligentia). When I think of God, when I think of him as existent, and when I believe him to be existent, my idea of him neither encreases nor diminishes. Moreover, since the result of my attempts so frequently confirms the utility of this assumption, and since nothing decisive can be adduced against it, it follows that it would be saying far too little to term my judgement, in this case, a mere opinion, and that, even in this theoretical connection, I may assert that I firmly believe in God. The end is here incontrovertibly established, and there is only one condition possible, according to the best of my perception, under which this end can harmonize with all other ends, and so have practical validity--namely, the existence of a God and of a future world. The transcendental speculation of reason relates to three things; the freedom of the will, the immortality of the soul, and the existence of God. These again have a still higher end--the answer to the question, what we ought to do, if the will is free, if there is a God and a future world. SECTION IV. Of the Impossibility of an Ontological Proof of the Existence of God.