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The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment

Book by Joseph de Maistre · 3 quotes · Men, Philosophy, Pleasure

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“False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.”

“Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.”