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1 " Frederick agreed that the punishment of La Barre was extreme; for his part he would rather have condemned the youth to read the entire Summa theologica of Thomas Aquinas; this, he thought, would be a fate worse than death. "
― Will Durant , The Age of Voltaire (The Story of Civilization, #9)
2 " IV. IS MAN A MACHINE? Yes, said Julien Offroy de La Mettrie. "
3 " I do not wish to belittle reason, but it should be the servant of love, not of pride. "
