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In one of his most bitterly sarcastic passages, Voltaire \"praises\"war as a divine gift which unites all the worst evils, causingthose who create it to be adored as gods on earth. The whole articledrips with irony. When he comments on p. 232 that people todaydo not fight wars for such stupid causes as the ancient Romans,he is being ironic. What does he say on p. 232 is a common causefor princes going to war (hint: see Shakespeare\'s Henry V)? What does he say should happen before a king should beallowed to become the ruler over a people? What relationship doeshe say the Church has to war (p.
233)? What distinction does hemake between natural and artificial religion? When he contrasts\"love\" with war, he of course means sex. Does hebelieve war can be abolished?
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