of comparison, and consequently relative; and this relativity is precisely that which forms the essence of the idea. According to Diogenes Laertius (Book VII., chap. 106), this was already correctly taught by the Stoics. He says: t?n d? ???a? e??a? ?�??�?? d???�?st??, ?? ?? ? ?�pe???? t?? ??a?�?t?? t??? ?�???? e?pe??, ?�e?�es?a? p????? p??? t?? s?? ?�???� ??????. An incomparable, unconditioned, absolute value, such as “dignity” is declared by Kant to be, is thus, like so much else in Philosophy, the statement in words of a thought which is really unthinkable; just as much as “the highest number,” or “the greatest space.”

“Doch eben wo Begriffe fehlen,

Da stellt ein WORT zu rechter Zeit sich ein.”

(But where conceptions fail,