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1.) “Women are subordinate to men.”

• “Adultery committed by the husband is a less offense than that committed by a woman. The unfaithful woman dissolves the family and breaks all the bonds of nature…”

2.) Laissez-faire

• “The government should have enough good sense to let people pursue their own economic interests without intervention.”

3.) Miracles?

• The Greatest Miracle is that people actually believe in them.

4.) Social Contract

• All men are born free, but everywhere they are in chains.

5.)

• “All religious faiths, Christian and non-Christian should be accepted, as religious zeal is the sole cause of persecution, harm, and repression of fellow humans.”

6.)

• “Christianity rose from natural causes, not miracles and piety.”

7.)

• “No single set of laws nor government can be applied to all countries at the same time.”

8.)

• “People are dependent on others and it takes courage to use his or her reason.”

9.)

• “Religious fanaticism just cost one innocent French Protestant his life.”

10.)

• “Freedom of expression and one’s willingness to allow it will lead to living at peace with one’s fellow human beings.”

List the authors of the works.• 11.) “Nathan the Wise”• 12.) “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”• 13.) “Spirit of the Laws”• 14.) “Treatise on Tolerance”, “Philosophical

Dictionary”, “Fanaticism, or Mohammed…” • 15.) “Of Miracles”• 16.) “Encyclopedia”