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Joseph Priestley quotes: Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing.

Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing.

Joseph Priestley quotes: The more elaborate our means of our common sense is, the less the common sense it becomes.

The more elaborate our means of our common sense is, the less the common sense it becomes.

Joseph Priestley quotes: What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

Joseph Priestley quotes: The wisdom of one generation will be folly in the next.

The wisdom of one generation will be folly in the next.

Joseph Priestley quotes: I have procured air [oxygen] ... between five and six times as good as the best common air that I have ever met with.

I have procured air [oxygen] ... between five and six times as good as the best common air that I have ever met with.

Joseph Priestley quotes: This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.

This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.