We must not violate nature, but obey her. And we shall obey her if we fulfill the necessary desires and also the natural, if they bring no harm, but sternly reject the harmful.
Epicurean philosophy
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"The study of nature creates men who are not only free from fear, but also from vanity."
Shocking"Death is nothing to us; for that which has been dissolved into its elements experiences no sensation, and that which has no sensation is nothing to us."
Strange & Unusual"The greatest good is the knowledge of the nature of things."
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Shocking