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submitted 6 days ago by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social to c/quotes@quokk.au

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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Voltaire never said that though, it was paraphrased by Evelyn Beatrice Hall

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Interesting, thanks.

Altho it does look like it's directly inspired by his philosophies, which was her point in writing it that way, no?

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah it's definitely something he could have said, and it's one of the reasons he went to Prussia since he felt he was free to speak his mind there

Although I suspect his opinion on the matter didn't apply to Rousseau