p 75 1852 translation
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“The greatest treasure that God can give his creatures is and ever will be—genuine existence". If these words of Herder be true, cultivation is the key to the most precious of treasures; for as Nature has insured the permanence of existence by implanting in us a force of resistance and self-renovation, so may we, on our side, increase the force of these attributes by self-acquired powers of mind.
— Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“The greatest treasure that God can give his creatures is and ever will be—genuine existence". If these words of Herder be true, cultivation is the key to the most precious of treasures; for as Nature has insured the permanence of existence by implanting in us a force of resistance and self-renovation, so may we, on our side, increase the force of these attributes by self-acquired powers of mind." in the context of "p 75 1852 translation" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben" (Quotes, The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838): H. Ouvry, trans. (1873))
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About Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben
Ernst Maria Johann Karl Freiherr von Feuchtersleben (29 April 1806 – 3 September 1849), was an Austrian physician, poet and philosopher.
About Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben
Ernst Maria Johann Karl Freiherr von Feuchtersleben (29 April 1806 – 3 September 1849), was an Austrian physician, poet and philosopher.
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