The Christian Mythologists, after having confined Satan in a pit, were obliged to let him out again to bring on the sequel of the fable. He is then i… - Thomas Paine
" "The Christian Mythologists, after having confined Satan in a pit, were obliged to let him out again to bring on the sequel of the fable. He is then introduced into the Garden of Eden, in the shape of a snake or a serpent, and in that shape he enters into familiar conversation with Eve, who is no way surprised to hear a snake talk; and the issue of this tete-a-tete is that he persuades her to eat an apple, and the eating of that apple damns all mankind.
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Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] – 8 June 1809) was a British-American political writer, theorist, and activist who had a great influence on the thoughts and ideas which led to the American Revolution and the United States Declaration of Independence. He wrote three of the most influential and controversial works of the 18th Century: Common Sense, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights.
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Akıl dediğimiz yerde bir düşünce oluşmasının olağanüstü güzelliğini kim tarif edebilir? Düşünce oluştuğu zaman, şu anda yazdığım düşünce gibi ölümsüzlük kazanma yeteneğine sahip olur, bu da insanoğlunun böyle bir özelliğe sahip tek ürünüdür.
Bronz ve mermer heykeller yok olabilir; bunları taklit ederek yapılan heykeller, bir resmin kopyasının aslıyla aynı olmaması gibi, eskisinin aynı olmayacak, farklı bir işçilikle yapılacaktır. Fakat bir düşüncenin binlerce kez yeniden yayınlanması, bir ağaca oyularak, bir taşa kazılarak yazılması onun her durumda aynı düşünce olma niteliğini değiştirmez.
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