“Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.”

La superstition met le monde entier en flammes; la philosophie les éteint. <br class="br"> Dictionnaire philosophique http://www17.us.archive.org/stream/dictionnairephil08volt/dictionnairephil08volt_djvu.txt (1822), "Superstition" <br class="br">Citas

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