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Denis Diderot on Christianity

1713–1784 France

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The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.

Pensées Philosophiques (1746)

Reason is to the philosopher what grace is to the Christian.
Grace causes the Christian to act, reason the philosopher.

L'Encyclopédie (1751)

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