Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and g… - Denis Diderot

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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

Denis Diderot

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Denis Diderot (5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher and chief editor of the historic project to produce L'Encyclopédie.

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The wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.

أُريدُ لأنينك أن يكون حراً ليكون أقل ألماً ، أريده عنيفاً ليكون أقصر

Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. - Denis Diderot

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