我们所相信的观念，并非是事物真实的本质，而只是它们表面的样貌。
我们都是自己期望的受害者。
The present state of the system of nature is evidently a resultant of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.