"from [the cruel superstition] arose the most enlightened nations while no nation in the world was ever founded on atheism." (Vico. The New Science. 518.) This statement (at least the latter part) sounds true, but is this really the case?
「[残酷な迷信]からもっとも啓蒙された国が生まれた、その一方で、無神論に基礎をおく国がこの世にあったためしはない」(ヴィーコ『新しい科学』)