What does reason know? Reason only knows what it has succeeded in lear…

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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What does reason know? Reason only knows what it has succeeded in learning. ✨ Fyodor Dostoevsky (2018). White Nights and Other Stories, p.92, Youcanprint
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