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The Provincial Letters

A work by Blaise Pascal

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Ridicule is in some cases an appropriate and just way to reclaim people from their errors, Violence cannot weaken truth, and truth cannot stop violence; each only strengthens or provokes the other, Rulers may not take life as freely as God, because though they are God's ministers they are only men …

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    Blaise Pascal

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Key facts

Edition korrents quotes
tr. Thomas M'Crie, 18562
Claims on korrents
61

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Ridicule is in some cases an appropriate and just way to reclaim people from their errors (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Violence cannot weaken truth, and truth cannot stop violence; each only strengthens or provokes the other (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Rulers may not take life as freely as God, because though they are God's ministers they are only men (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Shortening a piece of writing takes time: a letter can run long simply for want of leisure to make it shorter. (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Disbelieving a church ruling on a matter of fact is not heresy, though it may be presumptuous, because on facts that authority is not infallible (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Facts are judged by the senses, natural things by reason, and revealed things by faith (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

Written by

  • Blaise Pascal

Sources

  1. The Provincial Letters (tr. Thomas M'Crie, 1856) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Provincial Letters (tr. Thomas M'Crie, 1856) (gutenberg.org) (opens gutenberg.org)

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