Quote#Truth
To withdraw our selves as much as may be from Corporeal things, that…
Quote byMary Astell · 1666–1731
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the advancement of their True and Greatest Interest (In Two Parts) (1697).
English (original)
To withdraw our selves as much as may be from Corporeal things, that pure Reason may be heard the better; to make that use of our Senses for which they are design’d and fitted, the preservation of the Body, but not to depend on their Testimony in our Enquiries after Truth.
— Mary Astell
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