For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history.
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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
... the science we are after is not about mathematicals either none of them, you see, is separable.
It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too.
The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail
Therefore, poetry is more philosophical and serious than history, because its statements are more universal, while history's are specific.
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Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning.
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