Quote of Voltaire: Anyone who has the power to...
Biography - Voltaire:
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire was a French writer, historian, and philosopher, a leading figure of the Enlightenment, famous for defending freedom, tolerance, and for criticizing religious fanaticism and social injustice.
Born: 1694 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1694 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
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(French, German)
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Quotes for: absurd
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.
The absurd is born of the confrontation between the human call and the unreasonable silence of the world.
Quotes for: injustice
To tolerate is to take upon oneself; a tolerance that comes into being on the backs of others is no longer tolerance. To tolerate the suffering of others, to tolerate an injustice of which we are not a victim or an atrocity that we are spared is not tolerance but selfishness, indifference, or worse.
The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very goods of which fortune had deprived them; it was a secret to guard themselves against the degradation of poverty, it was a back way by which to arrive at that distinction which they could not gain by riches.
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