“ The fallacy of philosophers who have not discussed the immortality of the soul. The fallacy of their dilemma in Montaigne. ”
Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670). copy citation
| Author | Blaise Pascal |
|---|---|
| Source | Pensées |
| Topic | dilemma immortality |
| Date | 1670 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by W. F. Trotter |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm |
Context
“It is certain that the mortality or immortality of the soul must make an entire difference to morality. And yet philosophers have constructed their ethics independently of this: they discuss to pass an hour.
Plato, to incline to Christianity.
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The fallacy of philosophers who have not discussed the immortality of the soul. The fallacy of their dilemma in Montaigne. [Pg 63]
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Atheists ought to say what is perfectly evident; now it is not perfectly evident that the soul is material.
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Atheists.—What reason have they for saying that we cannot rise from the dead?” source
Plato, to incline to Christianity.
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The fallacy of philosophers who have not discussed the immortality of the soul. The fallacy of their dilemma in Montaigne. [Pg 63]
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Atheists ought to say what is perfectly evident; now it is not perfectly evident that the soul is material.
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Atheists.—What reason have they for saying that we cannot rise from the dead?” source
