”Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods.
For these men know that, once ignorance is put aside, that wonderment would be taken away, which is the only means by which their authority is preserved.”
-Baruch De Spinoza
For these men know that, once ignorance is put aside, that wonderment would be taken away, which is the only means by which their authority is preserved.”
-Baruch De Spinoza