Французский переводчик эссе о языке Михаэлиса, переведенный на английский:

It is proper even to take notice that M. de Prémontval having shewn that the falsity of the demonstra­tion becomes manifest, on thinking, or on translating into French, whereas in the Latin and German expression, it remains strangely en­veloped and intricate; and this it was which gave rise to the important question, on the influence of language on opinions, and of opinions on language. Never had the bulk of the German nation been misled by the Wolffian philosophy, had not the two languages, which are most familiar to them, the German and Latin, been more accommo­dated than the French, to the sophism, on which the whole is founded. This, perhaps, is one of the most remarkable passages in the history of the human mind

Дж. Локк:

I think it is beyond Question, that Man has a clear Perception of his own Being; he knows certainly, that he exists, and that he is something. He that can doubt, whether he be any thing, or no, I speak not to, no more than I would argue with pure nothing, or endeavour to convince Non-entity, that it were something. If any one pretends to be so sceptical, as to deny his own Existence, (for really to doubt of it, is manifestly impossible,) let him for me enjoy
his beloved Happiness of being nothing, until Hunger, or some other Pain convince him of the contrary. This then, I think, I may take for a Truth, which every ones certain Knowledge assures him of, beyond the liberty of doubting, viz. that he is something that actually exists.

Т. Рид:

It may perhaps be unreasonable to complain of this conduct in an author, who neither believes his own existence, nor that of his reader; and therefore could not mean to disappoint him, or to laugh at his credulity

Очень занимательная книжка. Переписка двух G французского картезиеведения.

Книга -- зеркало свой эпохи. И, как и всякое зеркало, она отражает только то, что стоит напротив. При работе с отражениями следует помнить: помимо того, что отражается незамутнённо, есть то, что отражается только частично или не отражается вовсе. Ключ к некоторым темным пассажам может лежать вне текста, в руках у публики, которой он адресовывался.

AMuS пишет, что ящерицу сбил в 8-м повороте Алонсо