Socrates reminds us that it is not the same thing, but almost the opposite, to understand religion and to accept it. (Maurice Merleau-Ponty)

Socrates reminds us that it is not the same thing, but almost the opposite, to understand religion and to accept it.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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