Prologue
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Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.
— Denis Diderot
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high." in the context of "Prologue" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Denis Diderot" (Quotes, Jacques le Fataliste (1796): Jacques le Fataliste [Jacques the Fatalist] (1796))
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About Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher and chief editor of the historic project to produce L'Encyclopédie.
About Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher and chief editor of the historic project to produce L'Encyclopédie.
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