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" Even if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him, so Voltaire said — 'si dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait 1'inventer. "
The American Catholic Quarterly Review - Seite 427
herausgegeben von - 1883
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The Christian Advocate, Band 5

1827 - 566 Seiten
...society, the first foundation of truth and justice ; the check of the wicked, the hope of the righteous. If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him." The Treantrer of the Trustees of the General Attembty of the Presbyterian Ckurch acknowledges the receipt...
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The history of the French revolution, tr. with notes by F. Shoberl, Band 3

Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 516 Seiten
...is not a maker of books and of systems. It is a political and popular body. Atheism is aristocratic. The idea of a great Being, who watches over oppressed innocence and who punishes triumphant guilt, is quite popular. The people, the unfortunate, applaud me. If there...
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Historic Fancies

George Sydney Smythe - 1844 - 412 Seiten
...book-maker or system-monger. It is a political and popular Institution. Atheism belongs to Aristocracies. The idea of a Great Being, who watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime — that is the idea of the people. It is the poor who are at this moment applauding me ; should...
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Historic Fancies

George Augustus Frederick Percy Sydney Smythe Strangford (Viscount) - 1844 - 396 Seiten
...hour more and more attached to the moral and political views which I have ventured to present to you. If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him." Horrible as this blasphemy seems to us, in a land which is blest and sanctioned by the Church's presence,...
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The Living Age, Band 330

1926 - 794 Seiten
...behind us when you have only given us eyes in front. Small-minded people are always repeating that if God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. They must have a cause for the universe, and they invent one in their own image. If everything requires...
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The history of the French revolution, tr. with notes

Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1845 - 994 Seiten
...not a maker of books and of systems ; it is a political and popular body. Atheism is ariitocratie. The idea of a great Being, who watches over oppressed innocence, and who punishes triumpliant guilt, is j perfectly in accordance with popular notions. The People and the...
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History of the French Revolution: Its Causes and Consequences, Bände 1-2

Frederica Rowan - 1845 - 386 Seiten
...Revolution should appear atheistical, and because, as he expressed himself, " Atheism is aristocratical. The idea of a Great Being, who watches over oppressed innocence, and who punishes triumphant crime, is quite popular. The people, those that are unhappy, applaud me ; if...
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The Life of Maximilien Robespierre: With Extracts from His Unpublished ...

George Henry Lewes - 1849 - 412 Seiten
...or a faithless defender of humanity. I am even more strongly attached to moral than political truth. If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. I speak here in a tribune where the impudent Guadet dared to accuse me of having pronounced the word...
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France and Its Revolutions: A Pictorial History 1789-1848

George Long - 1850 - 704 Seiten
...individual, as a philosopher with a system, but as a representative of the people : atheism is aristocratic ; the idea of a Great Being, who watches over oppressed innocence, and who punishes triumphant crime, is altogether popular. (Loud applause.) — Since I was at - college,...
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The Settler's New Home : Or, Whether to Go, and Whither? Being a Guide to ...

Sid Smith - 1850 - 304 Seiten
...ric* IP that which is trne cannot be profane, Voltaire may almost he pardoned for the sentiment, " If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him." "Man never is, but always to be blest;" he cannot live in the now and the here ; he must fill the heart's...
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