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Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
English (Source)
Will not humanity lose qualitatively as it increases quantitatively? An illustration of this supposition may be served by the fact (see Shnurer's History of Plague Injuries) that in the 14th century, after the plague, women became extremely fertile, so that cases of twin births were a common phenomenon, but in all newborns were later observed to be missing two teeth. Further, if we compare the ancient Greeks and Romans with our contemporary peoples, if we compare the age of the Vedas with the misery of the present age, and consider the fact that, despite the quantitative increase of mankind, the number of great minds has not increased - then the hypothesis above will not seem unfounded.