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Disputed quotes — Pierre-Simon Laplace

1749–1827 France

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"Ah! That is a beautiful assumption; it explains many things."

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"[Sire,] je n'ai pas eu besoin de cette hypothèse."

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Wikipedia recounts research about this much-cited episode.

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"How can this be! You made the system of the world, you explain the laws of all creation, but in all your book you speak not once of the existence of God!"

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"I did not need to make such an assumption."

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The exchange is reported by Victor Hugo (who in turn was citing François Arago) as

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pierre-Simon Laplace (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.