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  1. Abuse does not rule out use.
  2. Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasur…
  3. If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since ... nothing violen…
  4. Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound.
  5. As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a pe…
  6. One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
  7. Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
  8. Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

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