"He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts" - Samuel Johnson The pursuit of knowledge may often leave a negative effect on one who abuses it. One may achieve pride through worthless acts of knowledge and in the end be unsatisfied. However, those who cope with their pride will lift their heart, by putting their knowledge to use where it is needed. ... As Victor speaks to his professors of his progress he states, "Two years passed in this manner, during which I paid no ...

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Victor never stops trying to push down the thoughts and realities of his discoveries. ... Victor allows his pursuit of knowledge to cloud his judgment and keeps his monster a secret, runs away from his work and refuses to eliminate his monster altogether. "Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be his world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow....

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Humans and Germany are in quest for knowledge and understanding to better the world. ... The fire is merely advising humans and the world of the dangers of too much knowledge. ... Discoveries and inventions were coming out every day. ... The world of peace and serenity and at the same time discovery, and knowledge. ... Life is a never-ending quest of discovery. ...

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They wanted to raise the prestige of their science to equal the physical sciences such as chemistry and physics, whose knowledge came from experimentation. ... While undeniably controversial, the information that was gathered led to some of the greatest physiological discoveries, such as the theory of blood circulation by William Harvey. ... Further development of the materialist approach to physiology was hindered by an inadequate knowledge of chemistry. ... Anatomy is a byproduct of natural history, which seeks to identify and categorize new discoveries. ...

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"Since Vicor's story is a story of creation, murder, investigation, and pursuit, Frankenstein is ultimately a boook about our pursuit of self discovery, about the knowledge of the monster within us." ... It is true that Frankenstein is a novel about our pursuit of self discovery because Victor created the monster because he wanted to discover the secret of life and it is true that we want to discover the monster within us because various times people say that no one really knows them, meaning that there is somebody inside of us we just are too scared to show to the community. ...

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