All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as is well known to philosophers.

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No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.

No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.

Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such...

Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such...

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the...

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the...

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion,...

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion,...

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next...

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next...

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused,...

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused,...

You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is...

You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is...

Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of...

Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of...

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused,...

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused,...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift...

The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit...

The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit...

The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been...

The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been...

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance...

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance...

While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to...

While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to...

It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from...

It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and...

Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and...

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man...

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man...