not as his problem requires that it should be treated, i. e. as a representation of something, but as something represented,[45] i. e. as something of which we are aware, viz. a part or a quality of an object. In the _fourth_ place, not only is that which Kant speaks of as related to an object really not a representation, but also--as we see if we consider the fact which Kant has in mind--that to which he speaks of it as related is really not _an_ object but _one and the same object to which another so-called representation is related_. For what Kant says is that representations as related to an object must agree among themselves. But this statement, to be significant, implies that the object to which various representations are related is _one and the same_. Otherwise why should the representations agree? In view, therefore, of these last two considerations we must admit that the real thought underlying Kant's statement should be expressed thus: 'We find that the thought that _two or more parts or qualities of an object_ relate to _one and the same object_ carries with it a certain necessity, since this object is considered to be that which _prevents these parts or qualities which we know it to possess_ from being determined at random, because by being related to _one and the same object_, they must agree among themselves.' The importance of the correction lies in the fact that what Kant is stating is not what he thinks he is stating. He is really stating the implication of the thought that two or more qualities or parts of some object or other, which, as such, already relate to an object, relate to one and the same object. He thinks he is stating the implication of the thought that a representation which in itself has no relation to an object, has relation to an object. And since his problem is simply to determine what constitutes the relatedness to an object of that which in itself is a mere representation, the distinction is important; for it shows that he really elucidates it by an implication respecting something which already has relation to an object and is not a mental modification at all, but a quality or a part of an object. [43] Cf. pp. 230-3. [44] _Erkenntnisse._ [45] _Vorgestellt._