Enlightenment Quotes:
“When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age
in dulling human temperament we can say goodbye to excellence in poetry,
painting and music.”
Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31,
1784)
“It [the Church] found the very light of the natural
sciences hateful and suspect, for it is extremely dangerous to the success of
miracles; and there is not a single religion that does not force its devotees
to swallow a few scientific absurdities. Thus the triumph of Christianity was
the signal for the complete ruin of the sciences and philosophy.”
Nicolas de Condorcet (17 September 1743 – 28 March
1794)
2 comments:
" ... not a single religion that does not force its devotees to swallow a few scientific absurdities ... " -- That's hard enough for us to say today (at least in the US) without being shunned. Imagine how brave it was to say 250 years ago.
They where both brave men and probably only 'got away with it' because of their position and wealth.
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