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Originally Posted by Pandajuice
Probably not seeing as how I prefer to explore and discuss my own theories of the ties between freedom, religion, and the state rather than plagiarize, or compare, other people's ideas.
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Alright, I'll remind you that Isaac Newton may have had certain eccentricities that are outright stupid by modern viewers, but he was probably more intelligent than your intelligence is capable of formulating a coherent image against which you could base comparison against yourself.
Also, he wasn't really famous for being humble, either.
He said something like,
"If I have been able to see further than anyone else, it is merely because I have been standing on the shoulders of giants."
(I'll not look up the exact quote because I want to impress you with my memory of how close I came to it.)
So, yeah, saying that you ignore Voltaire because you have your own views, which I'm sure have all the uniqueness and profundity to shatter the earth, is pretty fucking stupid.