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John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S12
Section 176 of 1,114
Canonical reference B2.C9.S12
English
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Perception, I believe, is, in some degree, in all sorts of animals; though in some possibly the avenues provided by nature for the reception of sensations are so few, and the perception they are received with so obscure and dull, that it comes extremely short of the quickness and variety of sensation which is in other animals; but yet it is sufficient for, and wisely adapted to, the state and condition of that sort of animals who are thus made. So that the wisdom and goodness of the Maker plainly appear in all the parts of this stupendous fabric, and all the several degrees and ranks of creatures in it.
French
Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition
Dans toute ſorte d’Animaux il y a, à mon avis, de la Perception dans un certain dégré, quoi que dans quelques-uns les avenuës que la Nature a formées pour la reception des Senſations, ſoient, peut-être, en ſi petit nombre, & la perception qui en provient ſi foible & ſi groſſiére, qu’elle différe beaucoup de cette vivacité & de cette diverſité de ſenſations qui ſe trouve dans d’autres Animaux. Mais telle qu’elle eſt, elle eſt ſagement proportionnée à l’état de cette eſpèce d’Animaux qui ſont ainſi faits, de ſorte qu’elle ſuffit à tous leurs beſoins : en quoi la ſageſſe & la bonté de l’Auteur de la Nature, éclattent viſiblement dans toutes les parties de cette prodigieuſe Machine, & dans tous les différens ordres de créatures qui s’y rencontrent.
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