Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... repug- nant systems of theology ; the philosophers broke out into a thousand different sects and clans ; yet were there always in the little corner of Judea , chosen men , who foretold the coming of the Messias , unknown to all 14 ...
... repug- nant systems of theology ; the philosophers broke out into a thousand different sects and clans ; yet were there always in the little corner of Judea , chosen men , who foretold the coming of the Messias , unknown to all 14 ...
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... , in his own heart , this self - love , and this instinct which prompts him to affect a pre - eminence above all persons and things , is most wretchedly blind : because nothing has a greater repug- nancy 44 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... , in his own heart , this self - love , and this instinct which prompts him to affect a pre - eminence above all persons and things , is most wretchedly blind : because nothing has a greater repug- nancy 44 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
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Blaise Pascal. wretchedly blind : because nothing has a greater repug- nancy to justice and truth . For , as it is false that we de- serve such a preference , so is it unjust and indeed impos- sible , to arrive at it , because all are ...
Blaise Pascal. wretchedly blind : because nothing has a greater repug- nancy to justice and truth . For , as it is false that we de- serve such a preference , so is it unjust and indeed impos- sible , to arrive at it , because all are ...
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... repug- nancies in style may be adjusted and harmonized . Their true sense , then , therefore , cannot be that which is given them by the Jews . But in Jesus Christ all the various differences are reduced to perfect harmony . The Jews ...
... repug- nancies in style may be adjusted and harmonized . Their true sense , then , therefore , cannot be that which is given them by the Jews . But in Jesus Christ all the various differences are reduced to perfect harmony . The Jews ...
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