I saw the infinite, all-knowing and all-powerful God from behind as he went away, and I grew dizzy. I followed his footsteps over nature's fields and saw everywhere an eternal wisdom and power, an inscrutable perfection.
— Carl Linnaeus Early Modern

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A profound spiritual and scientific reflection on observing God through nature, from 'Systema Naturae' (1735).

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1735

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Philosophical

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