Voltaire also ranks on... #67 The 500+ Best Writers of All Time Vote 33 The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors. Voltaire 44 votes Subjects: Opinions 34 If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if ther...
including freedom of religion and free trade, and he wrote extensively on the subjects of politics, religion and science. He is perhaps best known for his biting satire and wit, which he used to criticize the Catholic Church and the French government of his time...
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to m...
It was around this time that François-Marie Arouet began going by the pseudonym Voltaire, under which he would publish most of his works. To this day, there’s much debate as to how he came up with the name. It may have its roots as ananagramor pun on his family name or several ...
From religion, through socio-cultural trends and politics, to religion, this collection of cardboard markers provides a neat conclusion to the exhibition. The exhibition itself is marked with permutations of the work of Yorkshire-based artist Alice Fox who creates tactile pieces that explore found ...
Religion is the opiate of the people. — Karl Marx Religion is the dopiate of the sheeple. — Michael R. Burch In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on. — Robert Frost In six words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes...
Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world. 52 votes 114 We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly. Voltaire 8 votes Subjects: Etiquette 115 Shun idleness is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant ...