Dieu (Voltaire)
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"Dieu" is a lemma in Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique.
Voltaire is also known for many memorable aphorisms, such as: "Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer" ("If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him"), contained in a verse epistle from 1768, addressed to the anonymous author of a controversial work, The Three Impostors. But far from being the cynical remark it is often taken for, it was meant as a retort to the atheistic clique of d'Holbach, Grimm, and others.
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See also
- Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs a letter by Voltaire
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