Claude Adrien Helvétius
Born
in Paris, France
January 26, 1715
Died
December 26, 1771
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“To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.”
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“To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain.”
― Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education V1
― Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education V1
“The degree of intellect necessary to please us is a fairly accurate measure of the degree of our own intellect.”
― De L'Espirit or Essays on the Mind and Its Several Faculties
― De L'Espirit or Essays on the Mind and Its Several Faculties
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