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Dream Pool Essays 梦溪笔谈

By Shen Kuo

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“Astronomy is nothing more than the outcome of conjecture.”

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“How insecure it is to investigate natural principles using only the light of common knowledge, and subjective ideas.”

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“Most people can only judge of things by the experiences of ordinary life, but phenomena outside the scope of this are really quite numerous.”

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“This spiritual state by which foreknowledge is attained can hardly be sought through changes.”

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Themes: Change

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“Those who speak of the regularities underlying phenomena only apprehend their crude traces.”

Chapters: 65. Simplicity: the Hidden Power of Goodness

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“Too strong a weapon will cut and destroy its own edge.”

Chapters: 9. Know When to Stop

Themes: Technology

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