This “intellectual elite ” ​ — including learned clerics — ​ was responsible for the witch - hunts that swept through Europe from the 15th to the 17th century, when church and civil authorities are said to have tortured and killed about 50,000 alleged witches.
म्हणूनच, अनेकांनी दियाबलाविषयीच्या कल्पना अतिशयोक्‍तीचे अंधविश्‍वास आहेत असे समजून त्या मनातून झटकून टाकल्या आहेत.