"It seems that with this parable Jesus Christ wanted to tell us that most priests were always lacking in charity; and it should also be noted that, while the Jews considered the Samaritans to be unbelievers because they did not accept the Pentateuch, Jesus Christ in this parable praises the Samaritan and condemns the Jewish priests; as in another parable, he justifies the tax collector and condemns the Pharisee. From this comparison, which is shameful for the doctors of the law and the Jewish priests, and very glorious for unbelievers and sinners, such as the Samaritans and publicans, it seems that Jesus Christ wanted us to understand that these men, commonly called deists or atheists, whose spirits are not corrupted and perverted by superstition, are richer in charity and infinitely better than those corrupted by vices and cruelties inspired by superstitions."
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Alberto Radicati of Passerano, Discours moraux, historiques et politiques, I, in Recueil de pièces curieuses sur les matières les plus intéressantes, Rotterdam, 1736, pp. 23-25. Reported in Piero Gobetti, Risorgimento senza eroi, cap. II, Il Piemonte nel Settecento, § 1, Il conte Radicati, in Risorgimento senza eroi e altri scritti storici, foreword of Franco Venturi, G. Einaudi, Torino, 1976.
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