For the [innate] general principles enter into our thoughts, of which they form the soul and the connection. They are as necessary thereto as the mus… - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

It is an extremely useful thing to have knowledge of the true origins of memorable discoveries, especially those that have been found not by accident but by dint of meditation. It is not so much that thereby history may attribute to each man his own discoveries and others should be encouraged to earn like commendation, as that the art of making discoveries should be extended by considering noteworthy examples of it.

For all bodies are in perpetual flux like rivers, and parts are passing in and out of them continually.

To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.