 | Blaise Pascal - 1838 - 568 sider
...IX. Robbery, incest, the murder of children and parents, have all been ranked among virtuous actions. Can any thing be more ridiculous, than that a man...me, because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his prince has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him ? No doubt, there are natural... | |
 | John Harris - 1842 - 28 sider
...beyond certain territorial limits. " Is there any thing more ridiculous," asks the sagacious Pascal, " than that a man has a right to kill me "because he lives across the water, and that his prince has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him?" We hope... | |
 | John Harris - 1844 - 336 sider
...beyond certain territorial limits. " Is there any thing more ridiculous," asks the sagacious Pascal, " than that a man has a right to kill me because he lives across the water, and that his prince has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him ?" We hope... | |
 | Blaise Pascal - 1859 - 562 sider
...there is none. Theft, incest, infanticide, parricide, all have had their place among virtuous actions. Can any thing be more ridiculous than that a man has a right to kill me because he dwells the other side of the water, and because his prince has a quarrel with mine, although I have... | |
 | James Parton - 1880 - 688 sider
...Epamiuoudas, who had extreme valoi and extreme benignity." " How pleasant, that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river, and because his prince has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him ! " "I wish with... | |
 | John Owen - 1893 - 452 sider
...its place among virtuous actions. ' Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and that his prince has a quarrel against mine, though I have no quarrel with him. . . . There are... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1910 - 468 sider
...had a place among virtuous actions. Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him? Doubtless there are natural... | |
 | Blaise Pascal - 1910 - 468 sider
...had a place among virtuous actions. Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him? Doubtless there are natural... | |
 | Joseph Telushkin - 1987 - 240 sider
...inherently a self-contradiction. Rabbi J. David Bleich (Contemporary Halakhic Problems) Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man has a right to...me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, although I have none with him? Blaise Pascal (Pensees)... | |
 | Simon Gindikin - 1988 - 180 sider
...of the terrible side of human life ("Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him?"). Pascal's statements... | |
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Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him? 
