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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
James Branch Cabell, (1879-1958) writer of most elegant fantasy. His main work is the Biography of Manuel - in 18 volumes)
Manuel the Swineherd became Count Manuel the Redeemer, under the motto:
Mundus Vult Decipi (The world wants to be deceived).
My apologies for misreading your quote,
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Oh, you didn't misread my quote/signature; it was
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur. I changed it this morning 'cause I don't quite agree with its philosophy, "The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived." To a great extent I do, but not totally. I think if another person is open-minded, then it's okay to leave hints about the true nature of politics and the global crisis we're currently experiencing. I sound like a conspiracy theorist; I am. *nods*
I first read the quote in another's signature on a Doctor Who forum. lol Then I searched online and learned the following:
Quote:
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur, a Latin phrase, means "The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived."
Origins
The saying is ascribed to Petronius, a Roman satirist from the first century AD.[1]
Other attributions include the following:
"Mundus vult decipi." Sebastian Franck, Paradoxa Ducenta Octoginta, CCXXXVIII (1542) "The world loves to be deceived." [2]
"Au[gu]stin[e], lib. 4. de civitat. Dei, cap. 27. censures ' Scævola saying and acknowledging expedire civitates religione falli, that it was a fit thing cities should be deceived by religion, according to the diverbe, Si mundus vult decipi, decipiatur, if the world will be gulled, let it be gulled, ’tis good howsoever to keep it in subjection." [3]
"The pontifex maximus Scævola thought it expedient that the people should be deceived in religion; and the learned Varro said plainly, that there are many truths, which it is useless for the vulgar to know; and many falsities which it is fit the people should not suppose are falsities. (Note: Vid Augustin. de civ. Dei, B. 4 [...].) Hence comes the adage "Mundus vult decipi, decipiatur ergo." [4]
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Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundus...rgo_decipiatur
It's sobering knowledge. I used to be a conservative Fundamentalist (in my late teens). To think that I was being deceived... simply being deceived for the sake of subjection. It's terrible to suppress the minds of men...
Anywho, on a lighter note... : )