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James Smithson Zitate

It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil.

James Smithson

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Deutsche Übersetzung

In seinem Wissen hat der Mensch seine Größe und sein Glück gefunden, die hohe Überlegenheit, die er gegenüber den anderen Tieren, die die Erde mit ihm bewohnen, hält, und folglich ist keine Unwissenheit wahrscheinlich ohne Verlust für ihn, kein Irrtum ohne Böses.

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