The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. Either morality is a fable, or the more enlightened we are, the more attached to it we become.


The Influence of Literature upon Society (De la littérature considérée dans ses rapports avec les istitutions sociales, 1800), Pt. 2, ch. 4

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël Quotes

The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. Either morality is a fable, or...

The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. Either morality is a fable, or...

The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. Either morality is a fable, or...

The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. Either morality is a fable, or...