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On the Strength of the mind. Our desires are the occasional causes of our knowledge. It is difficult to contemplate abstract ideas. The strength of the mind consists in acquiring the habit of sustaining the effort of attention. Means for acquiring this strength of the mind. We must silence the senses, imagination and passions, govern our studies, meditate only on clear ideas, etc.
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Malebranche, N. (1993). Chapter Five. In: Treatise on Ethics (1684). International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales D’histoire Des Idées, vol 133. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2480-5_6
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