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Quote by Baron d'Holbach

“Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, that is to say, cruel, carnivorous, selfish, blood-thirsty.”

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Baron d'Holbach

Baron d'Holbach, a German philosopher and author, was born on December 8, 1723, in France, and died on January 21, 1789. He was an influential figure of the Enlightenment era, known for his atheistic and materialist ideas. more

“God, we are told, is willing to render himself inconsistent and ridiculous, to confound the curiosity of those whom, we are at the same time informed, he desires to enlighten by his special grace. What must we think of a revelation which, far from teaching us any thing, is calculated to darken and puzzle the clearest ideas?”

Thinking Ideas Desire Grace Teaching Special Willing Curiosity Ridiculous Revelations Puzzles Enlightening Inconsistent

Author:Baron d'Holbach

“In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.”

Men Government Politics Republican Equal Former Latter Republican Government

Book:The Spirit of Laws

Source: The Spirit of Laws

“In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let us alone: those monsters created by the heart, those illusions produced by the mind, those vain specters that are our errors and our lies always appear before us to seduce us; they attack us even in our fasting or our mortifications, in other words, in our very strength.”

Mind Heart Lying Passion Illusion Errors Monsters Temptation Desert Vain Demon Tranquility Fasting Seducing Mortification

Author:Baron de Montesquieu

“With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.”

Kind Enough Certain Felt Moral Convincing