 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?  Thoughts on Religion and Philosophy - Page 65by Blaise Pascal - 1838 - 451 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Harris - 1842 - 28 pages
...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 - Christianity - 1844 - 336 pages
...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... | |
 | Jean-Frédéric Astié - French literature - 1855 - 462 pages
...to another, some have wished to see justice in the laws of nations; but this justice is mockery. " Can any thing be more ridiculous, than that a man...me because he lives on the other side of the water, and his prince has a quarrel with mine, although I have none with him ? " • The expedients which... | |
 | Blaise Pascal - 1859 - 562 pages
...diversified itself, that 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 - Biography - 1880 - 688 pages
...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 - Philosophy - 1893 - 452 pages
...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... | |
 | Blaise Pascal - 1910 - 468 pages
...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 laws; but good... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - Literature - 1910 - 468 pages
...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 laws; but good... | |
 | Joseph Telushkin - Jews - 1987 - 240 pages
...inherently a self-contradiction. Rabbi J. David Bleich (Contemporary Halakhic Problems) Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man has a right to...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) Final Thoughts... | |
 | Simon Gindikin - Mathematics - 1988 - 180 pages
...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 on the most diverse... | |
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