It is also a terrible trait of men that they should be inca… - Gaston Bachelard

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It is also a terrible trait of men that they should be incapable of understanding the forces of the universe intuitively, otherwise than in terms of a psychology of wrath.

Gaston Bachelard

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Gaston Bachelard (June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher of science and literary critic.

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