We suppose the existence of a wise and beneficent Being who… - Johann Heinrich Lambert

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We suppose the existence of a wise and beneficent Being who presided over the formation of the World, and who is pleased to display his infinite perfections on this illustrious theatre.

Johann Heinrich Lambert

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(26 August 1728 – 25 September 1777) was a Swiss polymath who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics (particularly optics), philosophy, astronomy and map projections.

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Alternative Names: Jean-Henri Lambert

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Robert Chambers Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Johannes Kepler Giordano Bruno Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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This is all to which weak and limited beings can pretend, beings who occupy a point, and last but a moment in this mighty edifice built for eternity.

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