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The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe things because we want them to be so and not because we have seen them for what they are. - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet
" "The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe things because we want them to be so and not because we have seen them for what they are.
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About Jacques Bénigne Bossuet
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 – April 12, 1704) was a French bishop, theologian, and court preacher. Bossuet was one of the first to advocate the theory of political absolutism; he made the argument that government was divine and that kings received their power from God.
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