THOUGHTS ON RELIGION,

AND OTHER SUBJECTS.

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BY BLAISE PASCAL.

A NEW TRANSLATION, AND A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE,

BY THE REV. EDWARD CRAIG, A.M. OXON.

MEMBER OF THE WERNERIAN SOCIETY.

EDINBURGH:

H. S. BAYNES, 26, GEORGE STREET;

AND W. BAYNES AND SON, LONDON.

M.DCCC.XXV.

THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY

STOR, LENOX AND
EN FOUNDATIONS.
1911

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PRINTED BY ANDERSON & BRYCE.

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CONTENTS.

PAGE.

PREFACE,

vii

MEMOIR OF BLAISE PASCALgmamowane

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Char. I. On Self-Knowledge,

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II. The Vanity of Man,

8

III. The Weakness of Man,

13

IV. The Misery of Man,

28

V. The wonderful contrarieties which

are found in Man with respect to

truth, happiness, and many other

subjects.....comm

40

VI. On avowed indifference to Religion, 47

VII. That the belief of a God is the true

wisdom,

57

VIII. Marks of the True Religion,... 64

IX. Proofs of the True Religion, drawn

from the contrarieties in Man,

and from the doctrine of Original

Sin...mamamia

74

X. The due subordination and use of

Reason,

XI. The character of a Man who is

wearied with seeking God by rea-

son only, and who begins to read

the Scriptures,

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