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Page 1 of 1Julien Benda
December 26, 1867 - June 7, 1956
Nationality: French
Category: Philosopher
Subcategory: French Philosopher
|  I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring. | | All Europe, including Erasmus, has followed Luther. | | The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant. | | It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill. | | And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. | | Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. | | Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost. |
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