Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them. —Voltaire 1 I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain. —Voltaire 1 Pleasantry is never ...
I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left. Voltaire 11 votes Subjects: Retirement 86 The discover of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy. Vol...
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23. “Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.”―Voltaire 24. I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way. ―Voltaire 25. Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government? ―Voltaire 26. Life is a shipwr...
But his disappointments and disillusions with Frederick the Great changed his philosophy and soon gave birth to one of his most enduring works, his novella Candide, or Optimism (1759), which ends with a new conclusion: “It is up to us to cultivate our garden.” He is remembered and ...
History should be written as philosophy. How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child’s board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted. I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom. ...
philosophy was mainly concemed with religion.For the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment,the proper study of humanity was mankind itself.Their reasoning was practical.For the philosopher David Hume,humanity was the right subject for philosophy because we can examine human behavior and so find real...
Rationalism, the view that knowledge is found through reasoning, is a philosophy founded on the work of Rene Descartes and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Learn their philosophies of the senses and empiricism, and the meaning of 'I think, therefore I am'. ...
in religion, government, philosophy, science, and even romance. Ultimately, this celebrated work says that it is possible to challenge blind optimism without losing the will to live and pursue a happy life.Gita May is Professor of French at Columbia University. She has published extensively on ...
And in government, the historic experience of state-led innovation from NASA to the UK National Health Service (NHS) has been forgotten, and replaced with the inflexible view that the state is always less efficient than the private sector; public servants cannot be trusted to work for the comm...