“ But as we cannot love what is outside ourselves, we must love a being who is in us, and is not ourselves ”
Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670). copy citation
| Author | Blaise Pascal |
|---|---|
| Source | Pensées |
| Topic | love |
| Date | 1670 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by W. F. Trotter |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm |
Context
“suffice to rule the whole Christian Republic better than all the laws of statecraft. [Pg 135]
485
The true and only virtue, then, is to hate self (for we are hateful on account of lust) , and to seek a truly lovable being to love. But as we cannot love what is outside ourselves, we must love a being who is in us, and is not ourselves; and that is true of each and all men. Now, only the Universal Being is such. The kingdom of God is within us; [182] the universal good is within us, is ourselves—and not ourselves.
486
The dignity of man in his innocence consisted in using and having dominion over the creatures, but now in separating himself from them, and subjecting himself to them.”
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