Samuel Horsley Zitate

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Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot.

Samuel Horsley

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wunder, verbunden mit einem Prinzip der rationalen Neugier, ist die Quelle allen Wissens und Entdeckens, und es ist sogar ein Prinzip der Frömmigkeit; Aber das Wunder, das mit dem Wunder endet und mit dem Wunder zufrieden ist, ist die Qualität eines Idioten.

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