French Philosophism

French Philosophism is a philosophy founded by the French philosophers of the 18th-century French Enlightenment, such as Rousseau or Voltaire, on the notion and cultivated in the belief that scientific knowledge is the sovereign remedy for the ills of life. They believed that an analysis of things conducted on the presumption that scientific knowledge is the key to unlock the mystery and resolve the riddle of the universe.

The philosophy was summed up in two articles - first, that "a lie cannot be believed"; and second, that "in spiritual supersensual matters no belief is possible," her boast being that "she had destroyed religion by extinguishing the abomination" (l'Infame).

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