In the first part of Beyond Good and Evil, “Prejudices of Philosophers,” Nietzsche is careful to dissect the philosophies of important thinkers, two of whom being Immanuel Kant and René Descartes. Kant, an important figure in the German Enlightenment, believed that humans are equipped with “a priori” knowledge; not all knowledge held by humans acquired through or dependent upon experience (Barash 43). Nietzsche responded to Kant’s theory with the following: “’By means of a means (faculty)” – [Kant] had said, or at least meant to say. But, is that – an answer? An explanation? Or is it not rather merely a repetition of the question?” (Nietzsche 17-18). Nietzsche goes on to explain that though Kant cannot ideally support his idea of “a priori notions,” it is generally human nature to accept it anyways, and humans have the right to do so (Nietzsche 18).