Pascal's Pensées eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 370 pages of information about Pascal's Pensées.

Pascal's Pensées eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 370 pages of information about Pascal's Pensées.

[101] P. 75, l. 11. Unus quisque sibi Deum fingit.—­See Book of Wisdom
      xv, 6, 16.

[102] P. 76, l. 34. Eighth beatitude.—­Matthew v, 10.  It is to the
      fourth beatitude that the thought directly refers.

[103] P. 77, l. 6. One thousand and twenty-eight.—­The number of the
      stars according to Ptolemy’s catalogue.

[104] P. 77, l. 29. Saint Augustine.—­Epist. cxx, 3.

[105] P. 78, l. 1. Nisi efficiamini sicut parvuli.—­Matthew xviii, 3.

[106] P. 80, l. 20. Inclina cor meum, Deus, in....—­Ps. cxix, 36.

[107] P. 80, l. 22. Its establishment.—­The constitution of the
      Christian Church.

[108] P. 81, l. 20. The youths and maidens and children of the Church
      would prophesy.
—­Joel ii, 28.

[109] P. 83, l. 11. On what, etc.—­See Montaigne, Essais, ii, 12.

[110] P. 84, l. 16. Nihil amplius ... est.—­Ibid.  Cicero, De
      Finibus
, v, 21.

[111] P. 84, l. 17. Ex senatus ... exercentur.—­Montaigne, Essais,
      iii, 1.  Seneca, Letters, 95.

[112] P. 84, l. 18. Ut olim ... laboramus.—­Montaigne, Essais, iii,
      13.  Tacitus, Ann., iii, 25.

[113] P. 84, l. 20. The interest of the sovereign.—­The view of
      Thrasymachus in Plato’s Republic, i, 338.

[114] P. 84, l. 21. Another, present custom.—­The doctrine of the
      Cyrenaics.  Montaigne, Essais, iii, 13.

[115] P. 84, l. 24. The mystical foundation of its
      authority.
—­Montaigne, Essais, iii, 13.  See also ii, 12.

[116] P. 85, l. 2. The wisest of legislators.—­Plato.  See Republic,
      ii, 389, and v, 459.

[117] P. 85, l. 4. Cum veritatem, etc.—­An inexact quotation from St.
      Augustine, De Civ.  Dei, iv, 27.  Montaigne, Essais, ii, 12.

[118] P. 85, l. 17. Veri juris.—­Cicero, De Officiis, iii, 17. 
      Montaigne, Essais, iii, I.

[119] P. 86, l. 9. When a strong man, etc.—­Luke xi, 21.

[120] P. 86, l. 26. Because he who will, etc.—­See Epictetus, Diss.,
      iii, 12.

[121] P. 88, l. 19. Civil wars are the greatest of evils.—­Montaigne,
      Essais, iii, 11.

[122] P. 89, l. 5. Montaigne.—­Essais, i, 42.

[123] P. 91, l. 8. Savages laugh at an infant king.—­An allusion to a
      visit of some savages to Europe.  They were greatly astonished to
      see grown men obey the child king, Charles IX.  Montaigne,
      Essais, i, 30.

[124] P. 92, l. 8. Man’s true state.—­See Montaigne, Essais, i, 54.

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