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Adam Sedgwick

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.

Adam Sedgwick

Anger

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Sedgwick is saying that this philosophy does not try to boldly protect itself from God's anger like the Tower of Babel aimed to reach the heavens. Instead, it is fragile and unstable, balanced precariously at a single point, much like a pyramid resting on its tip.

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