How did religion affect the plot of Candide? What was the main idea of 19th century Russian literature? What are the characteristics of Russian literature? What were Ayn Rand's political views? In what ways did Voltaire criticize the church and religion in Candide?
23、The world's fastest while the slowest, the longest while the shortest, the most ordinary while the most valuable, the most easily overlooked and most regret is time. 世界上最快而又最慢,最长而又最短,最平凡而又最珍贵,最易被忽视而又最令人后悔的就是时间。 24、Wisdom is a gem, if use m...
Voltaire, according to whom “the people is between man and beast,” wrote that “I want my attorney, my tailor, my servants, even my wife to believe in God, and I think that I shall then be robbed and cuckolded less often. Brad S. Gregory,The Unintended Reformation Political sundries ...
We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. — Francis Chan 12 We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You've probably heard the expression 'I believe in God, just not organized religion'. I don't think people would say that if the church trul...
What were the religious beliefs of Voltaire? Was Ludwig Wittgenstein religious? What did Camus say about nihilism? Why did Friedrich Nietzsche reject organized religion? Why did Albert Camus write 'The Stranger'? Is Camus classified as an existentialist? What genre is 'The Stranger' by Albert Cam...
included an instance of the well-known saying, but she did not assign the words to Voltaire. Instead, she labelled the expression a “Voltairean principle”, and she placed it within her own commentary about the relationship between Voltaire and Helvétius. Boldface has been added to excerpts:...
Voltaire, God and Human Beings, 1769"In general men are stupid, vengeful, ungrateful, jealous, greedy for other people's goods, abusive of their superiority when strong, and deceitful when weak." --First sentence, Chapter 1, Our Crimes and Stupidities ...
Voltaire talks about London in this book. Speech (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate. He had a bad speech impediment. After the accident she lost her speech. Talk To convey information in text The article talks...
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. —Voltaire 199 "Freedom" in capitalist countries exists only for those who possess money and who consequently hold power. —Nikita Khrushchev 196 WIth freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy. ...
These seminarists, like the heroes in Voltaire's novels, found their happiness in dining well. Julien discovered in nearly all of them an innate respect for the man who wears a suit of good cloth. This sentiment appreciates the distributive justice, which is given us at our courts, at ...