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1 " To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. "
― Claude Adrien Helvétius
2 " 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. "
― Claude Adrien Helvétius , A Treatise on Man, Vol. 1 of 2: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education (Classic Reprint)
3 " The degree of intellect necessary to please us is a fairly accurate measure of the degree of our own intellect. "
― Claude Adrien Helvétius , De L'Espirit or Essays on the Mind and Its Several Faculties
4 " Без книгите, ние бяхме останали диваци. "
5 " Education made us what we are, "
6 " By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind. "
7 " The amount of intellect necessary to please us, is a most accurate measure of the amount of intellect we have. "
― Claude Adrien Helvétius , A Treatise on Man, His Intellectual Faculties and His Education: A Posthumous Work of M. Helvetius. Translated from the French, with Additional Notes, by W. Hooper
