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I came to the conclusion – as one invariably does in philosophy – that I was up against a primary cause and therefore an insoluble one.

— José Maria Eça de Queiroz José Matias (1897)

Concluí, como se conclui sempre em Filosofia, que me encontrava diante duma Causa Primaria, portanto impenetrável.

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