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Voltaire Quotes: The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
         

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.


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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
         



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