Science is Christian, not
Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it discovers as many mysteries and as much depth and power as in the infinitely great Edgar Quinet
Edgar Quinet
The law of humanity
The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but one of these terms, has but a fragment of the law of the moral world. Edgar Quinet
The ceding of Alsace-Lorraine
The ceding of Alsace-Lorraine is nothing but war in perpetuity under the mask of peace. Edgar Quinet
What we share with
What we share with another ceases to be our own. Edgar Quinet
Universal orthodoxy is enriched
Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect. Edgar Quinet
I mistrust the satisfaction
I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. Edgar Quinet
Philosophy may be dodged,
Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot. Edgar Quinet
It is certain that
It is certain that if you would have the whole secret of a people, you must enter into the intimacy of their religion. Edgar Quinet
What are all political
What are all political and social institutions, but always a religion, which in realizing itself, becomes incarnate in the world? Edgar Quinet
Today as in the
Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as … Read more