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By Voltaire
Fanaticism is, in reference to superstition, what delirium is to fever, or rage to anger.
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- A Philosophical Dictionary (The Works of Voltaire, a contemporary version, translated by William F. Fleming), 1901 · article "Fanaticism", Section I
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- E. R. DuMont, Paris, 1901; Project Gutenberg text, eBook #35630
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From the article "Fanaticism" (Section I) in Voltaire's A Philosophical Dictionary, in the English translation of William F. Fleming (The Works of Voltaire, 1901). Voltaire wrote in French, so this is the translator's wording and other translations differ.