p. 93
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Such, then, was the God of the worldly-minded, who would be grateful that he had organized the things of this world so that everything was in accordance with laws which they could understand, and that he did not interfere in their decisions when, as prudent and reasonable men, they wished to order their own destinies.
— Bernard Groethuysen
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Source: Wikiquote: "Bernard Groethuysen" (Quotes, The Bourgeois: Catholicism vs. Capitalism in Eighteenth-Century France (1927): Origines de l'esprit bourgeois en France (1927), as translated by Mary Ilford (1968))
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About Bernard Groethuysen
Bernard Groethuysen (September 9, 1880 - September 17, 1946) was a French writer and philosopher.
About Bernard Groethuysen
Bernard Groethuysen (September 9, 1880 - September 17, 1946) was a French writer and philosopher.
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