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I do not call reason that brutal reason which crushes with its weight what is holy and sacred, that malignant reason which delights in the errors it succeeds in discovering, that unfeeling and scornful reason which insults credulity.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Reason
Insult
Crushes
Errors
Insults
Delight
Credulity
Sacred
Succeeds
Weight
Delights
Succeed
Brutal
Scornful
Holy
Discovering
Malignant
Call
Crush
Unfeeling

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