Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power" when they compare it with others of its kind. Collectively they use the title "people," and they refer to one another individually as "citizens" when speaking of their participation in the authority of the sovereign, and as "subjects" when speaking of their subordination to the laws of the state.

Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.

There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.

I think we cannot too strongly attack superstition, which is the disturber of society; nor too highly respect genuine religion, which is the support of it.

One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.