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He has willed - He wills incessantly - that the modifications of the mind and those of the body shall be reciprocal. This is the conjunction and the natural dependence of the two parts of which we are constituted.

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I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion.

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In this connection, faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of very pleasant and agreeable feelings.

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Our soul is not united to our body in the ordinary sense of these terms. It is immediately and directly united to God alone.

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Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.

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You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world.

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You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: August 6th, 1638

Died: October 13th, 1715

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