Philosophy would long ago have reached a high level if our predecessors and fathers had put this into practice; and we would not waste time on the primary difficulties, which appear now as severe as in the first centuries which… — Marin Mersenne Copy Share Image
The sciences have sworn among themselves an inviolable partnership; it is almost impossible to separate them, for they would rather suffer than be torn… — Marin Mersenne Copy Share Image
Music is made particularly and principally to charm the spirit and the ear, and to enable us to pass our lives with a little… — Marin Mersenne Copy Share Image
[Animals] do not so much act as be put into action, and that objects make an impression on their senses such that it is… — Marin Mersenne Copy Share Image
Philosophy would long ago have reached a high level if our predecessors and fathers had put this into practice; and we would not waste… — Marin Mersenne Copy Share Image
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