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The Ruins of Empires The Ruins of Empires by Constantin-François de Chassebœuf de Volney
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“From this we conclude, that, to live in harmony and peace…we must trace a line of distinction between those (assertions) that are capable of verification, and those that are not; (we must) separate by an inviolable barrier the world of fantastical beings from the world of realities.”
― Constantin François De Volney, The Ruins of Empires
tags: enlightenment-principles, fictional, harmony, peace, reality, scientific, separation-of-church-and-state, thomas-jefferson, thomas-jefferson-translation, verification
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