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In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
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In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely
urging the manufacture.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and read more
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to
forgo their use.
Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
The mind that grows could not predict the times, read more
The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
The mind that grows could not predict the times, the means, the
mode of that spontaneity. God enters by a private door into
every individual.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a read more
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a lot of courage- -to move in the opposite direction.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
