"Philosophy can be compared to some powders that……" — Pierre Bayle
"Philosophy can be compared to some powders that are so corrosive that, after they have eaten away the infected flesh of a wound, they then devour the living flesh, rot the bones, and penetrate to the very marrow. Philosophy at first refutes errors. But if it is not stopped at this point, it goes on to attack truths. And when it is left on its own, it goes so far that it no longer knows where it is and can find no stopping place."
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Pierre Bayle
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12 Quotes by Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle has 12 quotes on this site.
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It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
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The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
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If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his…
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Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
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I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul,…
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It is pure illusion to think that an opinion which passes down from century to century, from generation to generation,…
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There is not less wit nor invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being…
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In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.
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I mention this only to shew that the citations of the most judicious authors frequently deceive us, and consequently that…
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I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.
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There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in…
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