Note 735 — Chapter I · : THE OPTIMISTS
R. (Robert) Richards translation
“Organisms in nature have their rank and degree of perfection determined by the number of organs which they possess and the amount of difference which exists between each of them.” (Social Science, vol. iii, p. 461.)
“Life has been defined as an exchange of mutual obligations, but if there were no difference between the various objects how could the exchange take place?” (Ibid., vol. i, pp. 54-55.)
“The more perfectly co-ordinated the whole is, the better developed will be each of its parts.” (Ibid., vol. iii, p. 462.)