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Gail Carriger
Gail Carriger

Gail Carriger is a renowned archaeologist, born on May 4, 1976. Her research focuses on ancient civilizations and the conservation of cultural heritage. more

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“Back therefore we find ourselves returning. Back to the wisdom of the plough; back to the wisdom of those who follow the sea. It is all a matter of the wheel coming full-circle. For the sophisticated system of mental reactions to which we finally give our adherence is only the intellectualised reproduction of what more happily constituted natures, without knowing what they possess, possess. Thus between true philosophers and the true simple people there is a magnetic understanding; whereas, the clever ones whose bastard culture only divorces them from the wisdom of the earth remain pilloried and paralysed on the prongs of their own conceit".”

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Book:The art of forgetting the unpleasant
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“I do not think anyone can read the letters which passed between Clarke and [Anthony] Collins without admitting that Collins, who writes with wonderful Power and closeness of reasoning, has by far the best of the argument, so far as the possible materiality of the soul goes; and that in this battle the Goliath of Freethinking overcame the champion of what was considered orthodoxy.”

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Author:Thomas Henry Huxley
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“ការបាត់បង់ទំនុកចិត្តពីអ្នកដទៃ វាពុំមែនជារឿងសំខាន់ពេកទេ ប៉ុន្តែការបាត់បង់ទំនុចចិត្តលើខ្លួនឯង វាគឺជារឿងសំខាន់ខ្លាំងណាស់ ប៉ុន្តែទំនុចចិត្តមួយវាមិនដែលកើតប្រាស់ចាកការពិចារណាប្រកបដោយហេតុផលនោះទេ”

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