Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in which it is written. The book is written in mathematical language, and the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible to comprehend a single word of it; without which one wanders in vain through a dark labyrinth. Galileo Galilei
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Philosophy is a thing that is written in a book called the universe. If you try to read the book without the help of a guide, you will never understand it. The guide has helped our ancestors to learn this language and that is why we can understand it. This quote is about the power of knowledge which helps us to find answers as well as to find new things in life as well as to find answers from our questions.

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