I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

Je respecte trop l’idée de Dieu pour la rendre responsable d’un monde aussi absurde.

Georges Duhamel

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Problem of evil Existence of God God

Author

Georges Duhamel

Language

French

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Duhamel, Georges. Le Desert de Bievre [The Desert of Bièvres]. Mercure de France, 1937, ch. 2.

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You can't understand it. You would have to be born there.

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For the one thing even God cannot do is change the past.

Agathon

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Aristotle
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Classical antiquity
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Agathon. Quoted in Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics], written by Aristotle. c. 350 BC, bk. 6.

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In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.

Voltaire

Philosophical Dictionary

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Voltaire. "Argent [Money]." Dictionnaire Philosophique [Philosophical Dictionary]. c. 1764.