Quote#Truth
Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her…
Quote byDaniel Defoe · 1660–1731
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Essay upon Publick Credit (1710)..
English (original)
Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we want a Pope in our Philosophy, to be the infallible Judge of what is or is not Reason.
— Daniel Defoe
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