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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

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Purpose of government

Author

Voltaire

Source

Philosophical Dictionary

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

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Citation

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

People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and people have always delighted in it.

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Luxury Wealth Greed

Author

Voltaire

Source

Philosophical Dictionary

Language

French

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

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Original Citation

Voltaire [published anonymously]. "Luxe [Luxury]." Dictionnaire Philosophique Portatif. Geneva: Gabriel Grasset, 1764.

Current Citation

Voltaire. "Luxury." Philosophical Dictionary, translated by Theodore Besterman. Penguin Classics, 1984.

Common sense is not so common.

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Topic

Common sense

Author

Voltaire

Source

Philosophical Dictionary

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

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Original Citation

Voltaire [published anonymously]. "Sens Commun [Common Sense]." Dictionnaire Philosophique Portatif. Geneva: Gabriel Grasset, 1764.

Current Citation

Voltaire. A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary, edited by Nicholas Cronk, translated by John Fletcher. Oxford University Press, 2011.

Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

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Superstition Power of philosophy Philosophy

Author

Voltaire

Source

Philosophical Dictionary

Language

French

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

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Original Citation

Voltaire. "Superstition." Dictionnaire Philosophique. Vol. 8, Paris: Chez l'éditeur.

Current Citation

Voltaire. "Superstition." Philosophical Dictionary, translated by Theodore Besterman. Penguin Classics, 1984.