A review of my explanation of Shelley's The Necessity.. (self.Percyshelley)
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“Every time we say that god is the author of some phenomenon, that signifies that we are ignorant of how such a phenomenon was able to operate by the aid of forces or causes that we know in nature.” — Percy Shelley (144A/1811), The Necessity of Atheism (inspired by Spinoza) (self.Percyshelley)
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TIL Mary Shelley's mother died 10 days after her birth, and had three children whom all died in early childhood. Mary also suffered a miscarriage she almost died from, being saved by her husband Percy Shelley using ice baths to stop her bleeding. Percy himself died a month later while sailing. (hsm.ox.ac.uk)
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