Fleeming Jenkin Quotes
The Popular Conception Of Any Philosophical Doctrine Is Necessarily Imperfect, And Very Generally Unjust. Lucretius Is Often Alluded To As An Atheistical Writer, Who Held The Silly Opinion That The Universe Was The Result Of A Fortuitous Concourse Of Atoms Readers Are Asked To Consider How Long Letters Must Be Shaken In A Bag Before A Complete Annotated Edition Of Shakespeare Could Result From The Process; And After Being Reminded How Much More Complex The Universe Is Than The Works Of Shakespeare, They Are Expected To Hold Lucretius, With His Teachers And His Followers, In Derision. A Nickname Which Sticks Has Generally Some Truth In It, And So Has The Above View, But It Would Be Unjust To Form Our Judgment Of A Man From His Nickname Alone, And We May Profitably Consider What The Real Tenets Of Lucretius Were, Especially Now That Men Of Science Are Beginning, After A Long Pause In The Inquiry, Once More Eagerly To Attempt Some Explanation Of The Ultimate Constitution Of Matter.
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