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Though there be no such thing as Chance in the world; our ignorance of the real cause of any event has the same influence on

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 Though there be no such thing as Chance in the world; our ignorance of the real cause of any event has the same influence on

Mar 16,2024

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The best expedient to prevent confusion, is to be modest in our pretensions; and even to discover the difficulty

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 The best expedient to prevent confusion, is to be modest in our pretensions; and even to discover the difficulty

Feb 21,2023

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The greatest part of men seem agreed to convert reading into an amusement, and to reject every thing that requires

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 The greatest part of men seem agreed to convert reading into an amusement, and to reject every thing that requires

Jan 14,2023

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A passion must be accompanied with some false judgment [for it to be] unreasonable; and even then it is not the passion,...

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 A passion must be accompanied with some false judgment [for it to be] unreasonable; and even then it is not the passion,...

Dec 27,2022

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While we study with attention the vanity of human life, and turn all our thoughts towards the empty and transitory nature

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 While we study with attention the vanity of human life, and turn all our thoughts towards the empty and transitory nature

Jan 31,2022

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What never was seen or heard of, may yet be conceived; nor is any thing beyond the power of thought, except what implies

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 What never was seen or heard of, may yet be conceived; nor is any thing beyond the power of thought, except what implies

Dec 14,2021

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