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

—  Voltaire

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

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