Because, without knowing what is written up above, none of us knows what we want or what we are doing, and we follow our whims which we call reason, … - Denis Diderot

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Because, without knowing what is written up above, none of us knows what we want or what we are doing, and we follow our whims which we call reason, or our reason which is often nothing but a dangerous whim which sometimes turns out well, sometimes badly.