"If it is possible to have a linear……" — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
"If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a mensural unit taken from the earth itself offers another advantage, that of being perfectly analogous to all the real measurements that in ordinary usage are also made upon the earth, such as the distance between two places or the area of some tract, for example. It is far more natural in practice to refer geographical distances to a quadrant of a great circle than to the length of a pendulum."
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10 Quotes by Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
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Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
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