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“Nature is the system of laws established by the Creator for the existence of things and for the succession of creatures. Nature is not a thing, because this thing would be everything. Nature is not a creature, because this creature would be God. But one can consider it as an immense vital power, which encompasses all, which animates all, and which, subordinated to the power of the first Being, has begun to act only by his order, and still acts only by his concourse or consent ... Time, space and matter are its means, the universe its object, motion and life its goal.”

Quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, was a French naturalist, mathematician, and encyclopedist. He is renowned for his comprehensive work on natural history, 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', which was a cornerstone of the Enlightenment. more

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