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Quotation from The Provincial Letters by Blaise Pascal

“Matters of fact can only be proved by the senses”

Blaise Pascal (spoken by Pascal)

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

Pascal's distinction between the Church's authority over doctrine and the question whether particular words are in Jansen's book.

Citation: "Matters of fact can only be proved by the senses" — Blaise Pascal, The Provincial Letters, Letter XVIII, trans. Thomas M'Crie (1847). (id pascal-provincial-letters-q8)

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