Le libre examen a démonétisé la fiction du droit divin, à ce point que les sujets des monarques ou des aristocraties de droit divin ne leur obéissent plus qu’autant qu’ils croient avoir intérêt à leur obéir.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Le libre examen a démonétisé la fiction du droit divin, à ce point que les sujets des monarques ou des aristocraties de droit divin ne leur obéissent plus qu’autant qu’ils croient avoir intérêt à leur obéir." in the context of "Gustave de Molinari, §VIII de « De la production de la sécurité », Journal des économistes 22, no. 95 (Paris: Chez Guillaumin et c^e, 15 Février 1849), p. 286.
• It was free inquiry that demonetized the fiction of divine right, to the point where the subjects of monarchs or of aristocracies based on divine right obey them only insofar as they think it in their own self-interest to obey them.
 • Gustave de Molinari, tr. J. Huston McCulloch, "The Divine Right of Kings and Majorities," §8 of The Production of Security (Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009; orig. 1849), p. 47.

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