For Kant, metaphorical idealism regards time and space as something given in themselves, independently of our sensibility. Thus, "outer appearances (their reality being taken as granted) as things-in-themselves, which exist independently of us and of our sensibility, and which are therefore outside us."

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This statement is not consistent with Kant's philosophy of transcendental idealism. Kant argues that time and space are not things given in themselves, but rather they are the forms of our sensibility. The statement also contradicts Kant's distinction between appearances and things-in-themselves, where the latter are not accessible to our senses.

For Kant, Metaphorical Idealism Regards Time and Space as Something