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Quotation from The Provincial Letters by Blaise Pascal

“pronounce that word to avoid being the heretic of a name”

Blaise Pascal (spoken by The narrator)

The Provincial Letters, Letter I, trans. Thomas M'Crie (1847)

Taking leave of the Sorbonne doctors, who insist he affirm 'proximate power' without any agreed meaning; the narrator concludes he is asked to avoid heresy in a word, not a doctrine.

Citation: "pronounce that word to avoid being the heretic of a name" — Blaise Pascal, The Provincial Letters, Letter I, trans. Thomas M'Crie (1847). (id pascal-provincial-letters-q1)

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