To rule by fettering the mind through fear of punishment in another world is just as base as to use force.
HypatiaIn fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable.
HypatiaAll formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final.
HypatiaHe who influences the thought of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity.
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