God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
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The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
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Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is likewise good for the permanence of the Universe and the continuation of the order of things, so that one thing departs and the other succeeds.
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The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both, undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.
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In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
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Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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Astrology is a disease, not a science. It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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