Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, i…

John Stuart Mill
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Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is Mind; and it is self evident that nothing can have produced Mind but Mind. ✨ John Stuart Mill (1874). Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism, p.150
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Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is Mind; and it is self evident that nothing can have produced Mind but Mind. ✨ John Stuart Mill (1874). Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism, p.150

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