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Okay More ap yngling for you Here we go Number

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five here The chief purpose of lines Thirty sixteen thirty

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seven Such common knowledge is rather broth and sought Is

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teo do what Imagine a baby touching the stove Well

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it's on Yeah she was very quickly gain the knowledge

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that she shouldn't ever do that again even if she

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doesn't know why That's what the author is staying here

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At the first stage of knowledge impressions force themselves upon

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men's senses whether they wanted or non which is why

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it's brought rather than sought The reference to knowledge being

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brought isn't an illusion toe you know teachers who are

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never mentioned in the past So get rid of a

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and the writer never claims that everyone is born a

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true scientist like where does that come from Might be

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true but it's not the acids Even though the author

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does mention that common sense and science or similar elsewhere

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in the essay here he's talking specifically about the difference

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between seeking knowledge and having it You know burn your

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hand figuratively and literally Frankenstein We're looking at you He

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also doesn't mention himself until the last paragraph and never

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includes his credentials So get rid of e So you

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know he's not out to see his name in lights

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or anything right So that's hit see suggests that responding 00:01:17.217 --> [endTime] to physical stimuli is unavoidable Ouch Painful

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