Human happiness consists in living according to reason.
• Pensées chrétiennes et morales (1704), in Œuvres complètes de Bossuet, Vol. X, ed. F. Lachat (Paris: Louis Vivès, 1863), Ch. XXXIII, p. 626
• Pensées chrétiennes et morales (1704), in Œuvres complètes de Bossuet, Vol. X, ed. F. Lachat (Paris: Louis Vivès, 1863), Ch. XXXIII, p. 626
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[L]a felicité de l'homme consiste a vivre selon la raison.
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
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• Pensées chrétiennes et morales (1704), in Œuvres complètes de Bossuet, Vol. X, ed. F. Lachat (Paris: Louis Vivès, 1863), Ch. XXXIII, p. 626" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 – April 12, 1704) was a French bishop, theologian, and court preacher. Bossuet was one of the first to advocate the theory of political absolutism; he made the argument that government was divine and that kings received their power from God.
About Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 – April 12, 1704) was a French bishop, theologian, and court preacher. Bossuet was one of the first to advocate the theory of political absolutism; he made the argument that government was divine and that kings received their power from God.
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