Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure sy… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it demonstrates.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German scientist, satirist, and philosopher.

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