Sophron and Neophilus, or The School of Wisdom

fanciful theories. Many people speak of this book with the same disgust and contempt with which one can speak of a Voltairean pasquinade against revelation and religion. — Can one therefore speak with you openly?

Sophron. How can you doubt it? With men who have enough reason to see the truth, and enough feeling to perceive its value, it has always been a pleasure for me to converse about matters of the intellect and the heart — the most important matters of humanity.

Neophilus. Might I then ask you, upon your conscience, dear Sophron, what you think of our Horus? — He appears to me to be a significant phenomenon.

Sophron. I have already declared that I do not dare to accuse the author of treacherous and misanthropic intentions;