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- God alone is the author of all the motions in the world.
- It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because the exterior earth…
- Wonder is the first of all the passions.
- If we possessed a thorough knowledge of all the parts of the seed of any animal (e.g. man), we could from that alone, be reasons…
- Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude, I shall apply…
- In philosophy, when we make use of false principles, we depart the farther from the knowledge of truth and wisdom exactly in proportion to the…
- I have concluded the evident existence of God, and that my existence depends entirely on God in all the moments of my life, that I…
- Be that as it may, there is fixed in my mind a certain opinion of long [21] standing, namely that there exists a God who…
- By 'God', I understand, a substance which is infinite, independent, supremely intelligent, supremely powerful, and which created both myself and everything else [...] that exists.…
- I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only…
- As I considered the matter carefully it gradually came to light that all those matters only were referred to mathematics in which order and measurements…
- The rainbow is such a remarkable phenomenon of nature, and its cause has been so meticulously sought after by inquiring minds throughout the ages, that…
- ... regard this body as a machine which, having been made by the hand of God, is incomparably better ordered than any machine that can…
- Hence reason also demands that, since our thoughts cannot all be true because we are not wholly perfect, what truth they do possess must inevitably…
- Even those who have the weakest souls could acquire absolute mastery over all their passions if we employed sufficient ingenuity in training and guiding them.
- All is to be doubted.
- But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
- If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible,…
- The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
- Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who…
- Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided…
- I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me. I…
- I experienced in myself a certain capacity for judging which I have doubtless received from God, like all the other things that I possess; and…
- Some years ago I was struck by the large number of falsehoods that I had accepted as true in my childhood, and by the highly…
- Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even…
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