To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!
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Descartes said I think, therefore I am. Helvetius wants to say I feel, therefore I want to feel pleasantly. I prefer Hobbes who claims that in order to draw a conclusion which takes us somewhere, we must say, I feel, I think, I judge therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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Oh how near are genius and madness Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
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