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An Ignorant Man Believes That The Whole Universe Only Exists For Him: As If Nothing Else Required Any Consideration. If, Therefore, Anything Happens To Him Contrary To His Expectation, He At Once Concludes That The Whole Universe Is Evil. If, However, He Would Take Into Consideration The Whole Universe, Form An Idea Of It, And Comprehend What A Small Portion He Is Of The Universe, He Will Find The Truth. There Are Many ... Passages In The Books Of The Prophets Expressing The Same Idea.

The True Work Of God Is All Good, Since It Is Existence.

Now I Wonder What Our Knowledge Has In Common With God's Knowledge According To Those Who Treat God's Knowledge... Is There Anything Else Common To Both Besides The Mere Name? ...there Is An Essential Distinction Between His Knowledge And Ours, Like The Distinction Between The Substance Of The Heavens And That Of The Earth.

There Is No Difference Between The Pain Of Humans And The Pain Of Other Living Beings, Since The Love And Tenderness Of The Mother For The Young Are Not Produced By Reasoning, But By Feeling, And This Faculty Exists Not Only In Humans But In Most Living Beings.

The Prophets Even Express Their Surprise That God Should Take Notice Of Man, Who Is Too Little And Too Unimportant To Be Worthy Of The Attention Of The Creator; How, Then, Should Other Living Creatures Be Considered As Proper Objects For Divine Providence!