Quote by William Whewell
Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a resul

Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise. – William Whewell

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