“ The only science contrary to common sense and human nature is that alone which has always existed among men. ”
Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670). copy citation
| Author | Blaise Pascal |
|---|---|
| Source | Pensées |
| Topic | science contrary |
| Date | 1670 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by W. F. Trotter |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm |
Context
“Order.—To see what is clear and indisputable in the whole state of the Jews.
602
The Jewish religion is wholly divine in its authority, its duration, its perpetuity, its morality, its doctrine, and its effects.
603
The only science contrary to common sense and human nature is that alone which has always existed among men.
604
The only religion contrary to nature, to common sense, and to our pleasure, is that alone which has always existed.
605
No religion but our own has taught that man is born in sin. No sect of philosophers has said this.”
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