The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.
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The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God.
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The purpose creates the machine.
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God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.
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Science already contained all that was necessary, if you just brought it out.
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The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.
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