Should there not be manifest progress and development but in a higher sense than people have imagined it? ... No one is in his age alone, he builds o… - Johann Gottfried Herder

It is therefore indisputable, that the Brahman had educated their people towards a certain gentleness, moderation and purity, or, at the very least, had strengthened them in these virtues, so that, conversely, to them the Europeans often appeared dirty, drunken and raving. Their bearing and language are spontaneous and graceful, their relations are peaceful, their bodies are clean, and their way of life is simple and harmless. Children are raised in a mild manner, yet they nevertheless are not lacking in knowledge, nor even less in quiet industry and the fine, though imitative, arts; even the lowest tribes learn to read, write and count. Therefore, since the Brahman were for millennia the educators of the youth, they have provided an unequivocal service to humanity.

The craving for a delicate fruit is pleasanter than the fruit itself.

il filosofo è tanto più bestia quanto più vuol esser dio