On prouve tout ce qu'on veut, et la vraie difficulté est de… - Alain

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On prouve tout ce qu'on veut, et la vraie difficulté est de savoir ce qu'on veut prouver.

Alain

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Émile Auguste Chartier (3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), who wrote under the pseudonym Alain, was a notable French essayist, philosopher, journalist, pacifist and teacher, noted for his profound influence on his pupils, who included Raymond Aron, Simone Weil, Simone de Beauvoir, Georges Canguilhem, and André Maurois.

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Alternative Names: Émile Auguste Chartier • Emile Auguste Chartier • Émile Chartier

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If religion is only human, and its form is man’s form, it follows that everything in religion is true.

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On prouve tout ce qu'on veut, et la vraie difficulté est de savoir ce qu'on veut prouver. - Alain

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