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Where are the real sources of human dignity, freedom and modern democracy, if not in the concept of infinity to which all men are equal?

— Louis Pasteur Discours de réception de Louis Pasteur (1882)

Où sont les vraies sources de la dignité humaine, de la liberté et de la démocratie moderne, sinon dans la notion de l’infini devant laquelle tous les hommes sont égaux?

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