“I am not my own light unto myself.”
Nicolas Malebranche (1638–1715) philosopher
Dialogues on Metaphysics (1688) Dialogue III
Variant translation: I am not a light unto myself.
“Now I see that I will never find the light
Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel,
Consuming myself.”
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