“Discipline is simply the art of making soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.”

Claude-Adrien Helvétius (1715 to 1771)

A French philosopher, controversialist, and wealthy host to the Enlightenment group of French thinkers known as Philosophes.

He is remembered for his hedonistic emphasis on physical sensation, his attack on the religious foundations of ethics, and his extravagant educational theory.