Superstition in All Ages 102 – Knoop · Verses Across
Freethought · Atheism
Superstition in All Ages 102Voltaire to Helvetius
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Freethought · Atheism
Superstition in All Ages 102
Voltaire to Helvetius
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AUX DEUCES, May 1, 1763.
They have sent me the two abstracts of Jean Meslier. It is true that it is written in the style of a carriage-horse, but it is well suited to the street. And what testimony! that of a priest who asks pardon in dying, for having taught absurd and horrible things! What an answer to the platitudes of fanatics who have the audacity to assert that philosophy is but the fruit of libertinage!
