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I agree with you that it is important to examine our presuppositions, throughly and once for all, in order to establish something solid. for i hold that it is only when we can prove all that we bring forward that we perfectly understand the thing under consideration. i know that the common herd takes little pleasure in these researches, but i know also that the common herd take little pains thoroughly to understand things.
-Gottfried Leibniz
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Gottfried Leibniz
I agree with you that it is important to examine our presuppositions, throughly and once for all, in order to establish something solid. for i hold that it is only when we can prove all that we bring forward that we perfectly understand the thing under consideration. i know that the common herd takes little pleasure in these researches, but i know also that the common herd take little pains thoroughly to understand things.
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