Sétoc. Y a-t-il rien de plus respectable qu’un ancien abus?
Zadig. La raison est plus ancienne.Voltaire, ZadigSétoc. Is there anything more venerable than an old abuse?
Zadig. Reason is older still.
Sétoc. Y a-t-il rien de plus respectable qu’un ancien abus?
Zadig. La raison est plus ancienne.Voltaire, ZadigSétoc. Is there anything more venerable than an old abuse?
Zadig. Reason is older still.
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I add “still” in the English, to convey the slight emphasis I think the word plus has in the original. If one equates “age” with “venerability,” then, however old = venerable a practice may be, reason is always older = more venerable and deserves to supersede if there is a conflict.