“ Contradiction has always been permitted, in order to blind the wicked; for all that offends truth or love is evil. ”
Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670). copy citation
Author | Blaise Pascal |
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Source | Pensées |
Topic | contradiction evil |
Date | 1670 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by W. F. Trotter |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm |
Context
“says Feuillant, "that this is not so certain; for controversy indicates uncertainty, (Saint Athanasius, Saint Chrysostom, morals, unbelievers) ."
The Jesuits have not made the truth uncertain, but they have made their own ungodliness certain.
Contradiction has always been permitted, in order to blind the wicked; for all that offends truth or love is evil. This is the true principle.
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All religions and sects in the world have had natural reason for a guide. Christians alone have been constrained to take their rules from without themselves, and to acquaint themselves with those which Jesus Christ bequeathed to men of old to be handed down to true believers.”
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