The root of all vice is ignorance; teach mankind to think, a... - Claude Adrien Helvetius

"The root of all vice is ignorance; teach mankind to think, and you will teach them to be virtuous."

Claude Adrien Helvetius Knowledge

Philosopher Writer French 1715–1771

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