The Thoughts of Blaise PascalG. Bell and sons, 1889 - 356 pages |
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... enemies exaggerated the victory . A confessor in Paris refused absolution to a parishioner because he had a Jansenist living in his house , and had sent his grand - daughter to school at Port Royal . Antoine Arnauld , known as Le Grand ...
... enemies exaggerated the victory . A confessor in Paris refused absolution to a parishioner because he had a Jansenist living in his house , and had sent his grand - daughter to school at Port Royal . Antoine Arnauld , known as Le Grand ...
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Blaise Pascal. as the first was issued , and his enemies said he was excom- municated , which was not technically true ; he was in danger of arrest , and was in hiding ; the solitaries of Port Royal were almost all dispersed ; the ...
Blaise Pascal. as the first was issued , and his enemies said he was excom- municated , which was not technically true ; he was in danger of arrest , and was in hiding ; the solitaries of Port Royal were almost all dispersed ; the ...
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... enemies men so unreasoning , whose opposition is so little danger- ous to her , that it the rather serves to establish her truths . For the Christian faith goes mainly to the establishment of these two points , the corruption of nature ...
... enemies men so unreasoning , whose opposition is so little danger- ous to her , that it the rather serves to establish her truths . For the Christian faith goes mainly to the establishment of these two points , the corruption of nature ...
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... Reason protests in vain , for she can make no true estimate . This proud potentate , who loves to rule and domineer over her enemy , reason , has established in man a second nature in order to show her wide - spread influence.
... Reason protests in vain , for she can make no true estimate . This proud potentate , who loves to rule and domineer over her enemy , reason , has established in man a second nature in order to show her wide - spread influence.
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... enemy , and would fain be the tyrant of all others . You take away the inconvenience , but not the injustice , and thus you do not render it love- able to those who hate injustice ; you render it loveable only to the unjust , who find ...
... enemy , and would fain be the tyrant of all others . You take away the inconvenience , but not the injustice , and thus you do not render it love- able to those who hate injustice ; you render it loveable only to the unjust , who find ...
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