Louis de Bonald Quotes
Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald, was a French traditionalist philosopher and statesman and, with Joseph de Maistre, one of the principal theorists of the post-revolutionary Catholic reaction. After military emigration during the Revolution, he returned under the Empire and served as a deputy and peer of France through the Restoration and the early July Monarchy. The quotes below are attributed to Louis de Bonald, organized by topic.
Louis de Bonald on God
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Attributed to Louis de Bonald:
“Language is given to humanity, not invented by it.”
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Attributed to Louis de Bonald:
“Religion and the social order rise and fall together.”
Louis de Bonald on Love
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Attributed to Louis de Bonald:
“The family is the cell from which all wider order grows.”
Louis de Bonald on Politics
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Attributed to Louis de Bonald:
“Society is older than the individual.”
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Attributed to Louis de Bonald:
“What philosophy has unmade, only tradition can remake.”