As we can judge only in proportion as we compare, and as all our knowledge turns upon the relations by which one object differs from another, if there existed no brute animals, the nature of the human beings would be still more incomprehensible.


Natural History Volume 5, Chapter I (p. 1), Printed for H.D. Symonds. 1811

Georges-Louis Leclerc Quotes

As we can judge only in proportion as we compare, and as all our knowledge turns upon the relations by which one object differs from another, if...

As we can judge only in proportion as we compare, and as all our knowledge turns upon the relations by which one object differs from another, if...

As we can judge only in proportion as we compare, and as all our knowledge turns upon the relations by which one object differs from another, if...

As we can judge only in proportion as we compare, and as all our knowledge turns upon the relations by which one object differs from another, if...