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The quote suggests that Christianity becomes much easier to understand when everything extra is removed and only the teachings of Christ remain. It presents simplicity as the result of stripping away additions, traditions, or complications. The point is not about rejecting faith, but about focusing it tightly on its core.
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1878
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Originally said in English.
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About Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
French military engineer and physicist
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, known as Sadi Carnot, was a French military engineer and physicist. He was active in the early 19th century and is remembered for his work on the science of heat. A graduate of the École polytechnique, he served as an officer in the Engineering Arm of the French Army while also pursuing scientific study. In June 1824, he published Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire, his only book, where he set out the first successful theory of the maximum efficiency of heat engines.
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