The first philosophers were astronomers. The heavens remind man ... that he is destined not merely to act, but also to contemplate. (Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach)

The first philosophers were astronomers. The heavens remind man ... that he is destined not merely to act, but also to contemplate.

Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach

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