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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About Denis Diderot

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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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.

El pueblo, eterno esclavo de los tiranos que lo oprimen, de los bribones que lo engañan y de los bufones que lo divierten.

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.

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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