[Animals] do not so much act as be put into action, and that objects make an impression on their senses such that it is necessary for them to follow it just as it is necessary for the wheels of a… — 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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