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Every Ignoramus Imagines That All That Exists, Exists With A View To His Individual Sake; It Is As If There Were Nothing That Exists Except Him. And If Something Happens To Him That Is Contrary To What He Wishes, He Makes The Trenchant Judgement That All That Exists Is An Evil.

An Ignorant Man Believes That The Whole Universe Only Exists For Him: As If Nothing Else Required Any Consideration. If, Therefore, Anything Happens To Him Contrary To His Expectation, He At Once Concludes That The Whole Universe Is Evil. If, However, He Would Take Into Consideration The Whole Universe, Form An Idea Of It, And Comprehend What A Small Portion He Is Of The Universe, He Will Find The Truth. There Are Many ... Passages In The Books Of The Prophets Expressing The Same Idea.

Whatever Form It Has, It [matter] Will Be Disposed To Receive Another Form; It Never Leaves Off Moving And Casting Off The Form Which It Has In Order To Receive Another. ...it Is Therefore Clear That All Corruption, Destruction, Or Defect Comes From Matter.

The Key To The Understanding And To The Full Comprehension Of All That The Prophets Have Said Is Found In The Knowledge Of The Figures, Their General Ideas, And The Meaning Of Each Word They Contain.

It Is Hard For A Woman With Whom An Uncircumcised Man Has Had Sexual Intercourse To Separate From Him. In My Opinion This Is The Strongest Of The Reasons For Circumcision.