
“O que é universal? O caso singular. O que é particular? Milhões de casos.”
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The mathematician speculates the causes of a certain sensible effect, without considering its actual existence; for the contemplation of universals excludes the knowledge of particulars; and he whose intellectual eye is fixed on that which is general and comprehensive, will think but little of that which is sensible and singular.
The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus on the first book of Euclid's Elements: To which are added a History of the restoration of Platonic theology by the latter Platonists, and a translation from the Greek of Proclus's Theological elements, Volume 1, página LXVII https://books.google.com.br/books?id=AD1WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR67, Proclus, Marinus - 1792
“O que é universal? O caso singular. O que é particular? Milhões de casos.”
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“A parte mais sensível do corpo humano é o bolso.”
citado em Revista Visão, 1982
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