43 Decree of the National Convention upon the proposition to erect a Statue to the Curate Jean Meslier 47 Common Sense, by the Curate Meslier. There is a science which has for its object only incomprehensible things. Unlike all others, it occupies itself but with things unseen. In this land all obey laws opposed to those which men acknowledge in the world they inhabit. The first legislators of nations had for their object to dominate.
All human intelligences are more or less enlightened and cultivated.
The most civilized nations and the most profound thinkers are of the same opinion in regard to the matter as the most barbarous nations and the most ignorant and rustic people. As we examine the subject more closely, we will find that the science of divinity by means of reveries and subtleties has but obscured it more and more. If some being bestowed upon men power, activity, benevolence, strength, it was no doubt the sun, which should be recognized as the father of nature, as the soul of the world, as Divinity. But, Addressed to His Parishioners. It is the same as in all religions, but their cruel dogmas produced and taught persecution and trouble.