For That Which Is Without A Beginning,

Man's Obsession To Add To His Wealth And Honor Is The Chief Source Of His Misery.

The People Who Are Abroad Are All Those That Have No Religion, Neither One Based On Speculation Nor One Received By Tradition. Such Are The Extreme Turks That Wander About In The North, The Kushites Who Live In The South, And Those In Our Country Who Are Like These. I Consider These As Irrational Beings, And Not As Human Beings; They Are Below Mankind, But Above Monkeys, Since They Have The Form And Shape Of Man, And A Mental Faculty Above That Of The Monkey.

Even The Existence Of This Corporeal Element, Low As It In Reality Is, Because It Is The Source Of Death And All Evils, Is Likewise Good For The Permanence Of The Universe And The Continuation Of The Order Of Things, So That One Thing Departs And The Other Succeeds.

You Will Certainly Not Doubt The Necessity Of Studying Astronomy And Physics, If You Are Desirous Of Comprehending The Relation Between The World And Providence As It Is In Reality, And Not According To Imagination.

Do Not Consider It Proof Just Because It Is Written In Books, For A Liar Who Will Deceive With His Tongue Will Not Hesitate To Do The Same With His Pen.