Archaelogiae philosophicae Quotes

“I can easily believe, that there are more invisible than visible beings in the universe.”
― Thomas Burnet, Archaelogiae philosophicae: sive, doctrina antiqua de rerum originibus, libri duo

“I can easily believe, that there are more invisible than visible beings in the universe. But who will declare to us the family of all these, and acquaint us with the agreements, differences, and peculiar talents which are to be found among them? It is true, human wit has always desired a knowledge of these things, though it has never yet attained it. I will own that it is very profitable, sometimes to contemplate in the mind, as in a draught, the image of the greater and better world, lest the soul being accustomed to the trifles of this present life, should contract itself too much, and altogether rest in mean cogitations, but, in the meantime, we must take care to keep to the truth, and observe moderation, that we may distinguish certain from uncertain things, and day from night.”
― Thomas Burnet, Archaelogiae philosophicae: sive, doctrina antiqua de rerum originibus, libri duo