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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

Denis Diderot

If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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Believe God Himself Touch
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
DENIS DIDEROT

Desire Fact Production True Willing
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
DENIS DIDEROT

Philosophy Religion Separate
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Composition Rich
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
DENIS DIDEROT

See Theory World
Time, matter, space – all, it may be, are no more than a point.
DENIS DIDEROT

Anand Thakur
The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
DENIS DIDEROT

Anand Thakur
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge, observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
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Combination Experiment Knowledge Principle Reflection Result
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility
There are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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Adjust Change Force Need Point View
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Blood God Myself Sin
The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
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Children Father God Himself
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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Arouse Patriot Society
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.
DENIS DIDEROT

Anand Thakur

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

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