Quote#World
To hope to find in the world of causes anything logical from our…
Quote byPetr Uspensky · 1878–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Tertium Organum (1912; 1922), Ch. XXI.
English (original)
To hope to find in the world of causes anything logical from our standpoint is just as useless as to think that the world of things can exist in accordance with the laws of a world of shadows or stereometry according to the laws of planimetry.
— Petr Uspensky
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