There is something divine about the ideas of space and eternity which is wanting in those of pure duration and simple extension.


Translated by H.P. Collins, Pensées and Letters of Joseph Joubert, Chapter XII (p. 90)

Joseph Joubert Quotes

There is something divine about the ideas of space and eternity which is wanting in those of pure duration and simple extension.

There is something divine about the ideas of space and eternity which is wanting in those of pure duration and simple extension.

There is something divine about the ideas of space and eternity which is wanting in those of pure duration and simple extension.

There is something divine about the ideas of space and eternity which is wanting in those of pure duration and simple extension.