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History should be written as philosophy.

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I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

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By what incomprehensible mechanism are our organs held in subjection to sentiment and thought? How is it that a single melancholy idea shall disturb t...more

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The perfect is the enemy of the good.

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Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysiqueWhen he to whom a person speaks does not u...more

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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.

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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.

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I do not know by what power I think; but well I know that I should never have thought without the assistance of my senses. That there are immaterial a...more

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I tried to believe in God, but I confess to you that God meant nothing in my life, and that in my secret heart I too felt a void where my childhood fa...more

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Illusion is the first of all pleasures.