Huxley: The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the l

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the — Huxley

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.

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