"But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his ***** ignorance and obedience; he emancipates him, stamps upon his brow the seal of liberty and humanity, in urging him to disobey and eat of the fruit of knowledge."

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Source : Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (2009). “God and the State”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.

Mikhail Bakunin

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