Religion is nothing, if it is not everything; if existence is not filled with it.
• Pt. 4, ch. 1
• Pt. 4, ch. 1
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La religion n'est rien si elle n'est pas tout, si l'existence n'en est pas remplie.
— Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "La religion n'est rien si elle n'est pas tout, si l'existence n'en est pas remplie." in the context of "Religion is nothing, if it is not everything; if existence is not filled with it.
• Pt. 4, ch. 1" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Anne Louise Germaine de Staël" (Quotes, De l’Allemagne [Germany] (1813))
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About Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (April 22, 1766 – July 14, 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad, who determined literary tastes of Europe at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
About Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (April 22, 1766 – July 14, 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad, who determined literary tastes of Europe at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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