Complete Works of Helvétius

men of letters. You know that the Abbé Coier, author of the Life of Sobieski, has just been exiled; that his censor is at Vincennes; and that, finally, they have even banned the Epistle to the People by Professor Thomas.

It has always been said that ugly women only want blind men near them. Certain people only want stupid men near them. You know the reason for this.

I have seen your latest Dialogues. Your savage is my man. You are the Achilles who fights for reason. But you are fighting against the gods; in the end, reason will have to succumb. What can it do in the long run against power? They wish to stifle every kind of wit and talent here; and they will only notice the harm they have done to the nation when the remedy is impossible. May they con-