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JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social Joined: 2025-06-11

drolex@sopuli.xyz Joined: 2023-06-13

Voltaire never said that though, it was paraphrased by Evelyn Beatrice Hall

JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social Joined: 2025-06-11

Interesting, thanks.

Altho it does look like it's directly inspired by his philosophies, which was her point in writing it that way, no?

drolex@sopuli.xyz Joined: 2023-06-13

Yeah it's definitely something he could have said, and it's one of the reasons he went to Prussia since he felt he was free to speak his mind there

Although I suspect his opinion on the matter didn't apply to Rousseau

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