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82 Post author: lukeprog 28 September 2011 01:17AM

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Comment author: lukeprog 11 September 2011 12:10:31AM 2 points [-]

And I thought it was Voltaire's satire of Leibniz.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 11 September 2011 12:12:08AM 0 points [-]

Comment author: lukeprog 11 September 2011 12:29:07AM 1 point [-]

Oh. Yes, the idea was in Leibniz, but the specific quote is Voltaire's, I believe.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 11 September 2011 12:29:55AM 0 points [-]

Ah, got it.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 11 September 2011 12:31:41AM 0 points [-]

Speaking of Voltaire, his theism is a really good example of meta-contrarianism.