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Baron d'Holbach Quotes
Baron d'Holbach Quotes
Baron d'Holbach
French
Author
Born:
Dec 8
,
1723
Died:
Jan 21
,
1789
Common
Common Sense
Man
Men
Religion
Sense
To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
Baron d'Holbach
Men
Sense
Morality
Only
True
Principles
Revelation
Discover
Gods
Common
Common Sense
Theology
Need
When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.
Baron d'Holbach
Words
Men
Judgment
Sense
Nothing
Other
Find
Examine
More
Uncommon
Absurd
Opinions
Discover
Contradictions
Than
Truths
Lack
Common
In Other Words
Common Sense
Plain
Palpable
Reject
Religion unites man with God, or forms a communication between them; yet do they not say, 'God is infinite?' If God be infinite, no finite being can have communication or relation with him.
Baron d'Holbach
God
Religion
Man
Communication
Relation
Say
Finite
Between
Him
Infinite
Being
Forms
Them
Unites