“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook A (1765-1770)

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German scientist, satirist 1742–1799

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“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”

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