Man's preeminent advantage is his organism. ...Only through nature do we have any good qualities; to her we owe all that we are. (Julien Offray de La Mettrie)

Man's preeminent advantage is his organism. ...Only through nature do we have any good qualities; to her we owe all that we are.

Julien Offray de La Mettrie

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