Impressions change with the varying movements of the mind, and we are led by a happy illusion to believe that we receive from the external world that with which we have ourselves invested it.


Cosmos (Volume I), Introduction (p. 5)

Alexander von Humboldt Quotes

Impressions change with the varying movements of the mind, and we are led by a happy illusion to believe that we receive from the external world that ...

Impressions change with the varying movements of the mind, and we are led by a happy illusion to believe that we receive from the external world that ...

Impressions change with the varying movements of the mind, and we are led by a happy illusion to believe that we receive from the external world that ...

Impressions change with the varying movements of the mind, and we are led by a happy illusion to believe that we receive from the external world that ...