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16712 | Atheism is an atrocious and intolerable crime in any country |
Full Idea: Atheism is the most atrocious crime, and should be tolerated in no republic, however free. | |||
From: René Descartes (Letters to Voetius [1640], VIIIB:174), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 20.2 |