Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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Blaise Pascal. this point always in view , which ought to be our ruling object , and final aim . Thus is it our highest interest , no less than our prin- cipal duty , to get light into a subject on which our whole conduct depends . And ...
Blaise Pascal. this point always in view , which ought to be our ruling object , and final aim . Thus is it our highest interest , no less than our prin- cipal duty , to get light into a subject on which our whole conduct depends . And ...
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... object and centre towards which all things tend , that whosoever understands its principles may be thence enabled to give an account , as of human nature in particular , so , in general , of the whole state and order of the world . It ...
... object and centre towards which all things tend , that whosoever understands its principles may be thence enabled to give an account , as of human nature in particular , so , in general , of the whole state and order of the world . It ...
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... there be but one principle or efficient cause , one author of all things , and himself the end of all things ; the true religion must teach us to make him alone the object of our worship and our love . 18 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... there be but one principle or efficient cause , one author of all things , and himself the end of all things ; the true religion must teach us to make him alone the object of our worship and our love . 18 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
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Blaise Pascal. alone the object of our worship and our love . But since we find ourselves under an inability as well of adoring him whom we know not , as of loving anything but our- selves ; the same religion which enjoins us these ...
Blaise Pascal. alone the object of our worship and our love . But since we find ourselves under an inability as well of adoring him whom we know not , as of loving anything but our- selves ; the same religion which enjoins us these ...
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... object of your con- templation , did but gratify your pride , by vainly insinu- ating that your nature was constituted under a parity with the Divine ; and as for those who saw the extrava- gance of such pretensions , what did they but ...
... object of your con- templation , did but gratify your pride , by vainly insinu- ating that your nature was constituted under a parity with the Divine ; and as for those who saw the extrava- gance of such pretensions , what did they but ...
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