From Speculations
Truths don't exist before we invent them.
They respond to man's need of economy, just
as beliefs to his need of faith.
The fountain turned on. It has a definite
geometrical shape, but the shape did not
exist before it was turned on. Compare the
arguments about the pre-existence of the
soul.
But the little pipes are there before, which
give it that shape as soon as the water is
turned on.
The water is the same though the geomet-
rical figures of different fountains differ.
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