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Quotation from The Provincial Letters by Blaise Pascal

“they hold that to love God is not necessary to salvation”

Blaise Pascal (spoken by The narrator)

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

Pascal's summary, abandoning his ironic calm, of the casuists' minimal account of the duty to love God, which he calls the climax of impiety.

Citation: "they hold that to love God is not necessary to salvation" — Blaise Pascal, The Provincial Letters, Letter X, trans. Thomas M'Crie (1847). (id pascal-provincial-letters-q4)

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