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Denis Diderot Quotes: Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
         

Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.


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Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
         



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In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.



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