"The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory."

Being, Comparisons, Existence, Memory

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"The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory."

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