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Old 06-13-2010, 02:55 PM   #343
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Bah, humbug!
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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt View Post
It has become a standard phrase in French ("Si xxx n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer") and I had no idea that Voltaire was the original author, and the original quote was about God. Thank you

Of course, it's ironic because we did invent him, didn't we. Maybe Voltaire thought so already but didn't dare say it.
Voltaire was a deist. He believed in a Creator, but not in the Biblical god. In The Story of Philosophy, Will Durant wrote that some of the Encyclopedists turned against Voltaire, saying, "Voltaire is a bigot; he believes in God."
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