
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 41.
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 50.
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 41.
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 45.
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 50 [Spir rejected ascetism: for it is "opposed to sound reason to unnaturally impose onself extreme hardships"- Esquisse biographique, p. 32.
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 55.
“God's commandment is that those who serve Him must separate themselves from the world.”
Source: Separation from the World, p. 4
La puissance qui s'acquiert par la violence n'est qu'une usurpation, et ne dure qu'autant que la force de celui qui commande l'emporte sur celle de ceux qui obéissent.
Article on Political Authority, Vol. 1 (1751)
L'Encyclopédie (1751-1766)
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 51.
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 43.
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 45.