Blaise Pascal
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French mathematician and philosopher (1623 to 1662); also a physicist; author of the Provincial Letters (1656 to 1657) and the posthumously published Pensées.
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6 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Facts are judged by the senses, natural things by reason, and revealed things by faith (opens korrents.com)
“In what way, then, are we to learn the truth of facts? It must be by the eyes, father, which are the legitimate judges of such matters, as reason is the proper judge of things natural and intelligible, and faith of…”
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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)
“And from hence it follows, that while it is heresy to resist the decisions of the faith, because this amounts to an opposing of our own spirit to the Spirit of God, it is no heresy, though it may be an act of…”
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Shortening a piece of writing takes time: a letter can run long simply for want of leisure to make it shorter. (opens korrents.com)
“The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.”
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Facts are judged by the senses, natural things by reason, and revealed things by faith (opens korrents.com)