Voltaire’s description of dying, offered to Louis Nicolas Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, baron de Preuilly in 1723, goes like this: ” made my confession; and my will, which …
was exceedingly short.
After that, I calmly awaited death: only regretting …
that I must part from my friends so soon.” Voltaire, of course, was a philosopher who wrote on behalf of the French Enlightenment, a movement that favored human happiness.
To its members, knowledge wasn’t merely power.
It could be peace or joy, as well.In “Hellbound,” the knowledge that God exists does not grant enlightenment, peace, or joy.
Rather, because it comes from grey,…The post Movies and Shows to Watch After You Finish Hellbound appeared first on /Film.
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