For axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our…

John Keats
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For axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses. ✨ Letter to J. H. Reynolds, 3 May 1818, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 1, p. 279
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For axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses. ✨ Letter to J. H. Reynolds, 3 May 1818, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 1, p. 279

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