“The whole contains nothing which is not or its advantage; and all natures indeed have this common principle, but the nature of the universe has this principle besides, that it cannot be compelled even by any external cause to generate anything harmful to itself.” WholeUniverseCausesCommonPrinciplesAdvantageCompelled Book:Meditations Source: Meditations
“I would trade all the advantages of humanity to be a fly on the wall when Franklin and Jefferson discussed liberty, Lenin and Trotsky revolution, Newton and Halley the shape of the universe, or when Darwin entertained Huxley and Lyell at Down.” HumanityUniverseLibertyRevolutionWallShapesAdvantageTradeNewtonFranklinHuxleyTrotsky Book:Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time Source: Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time