What then do you call your ... by Voltaire, a French Writer

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“What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking.”

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Name: Voltaire

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: Nov 21, 1694

Date of Death: May 30, 1778

Profession: Writer

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