Someseekgoodinauthority, othersinscientificresearch, , whoareinfactnearerthetruth, haveconsidereditnecessarythattheuniversalgood, whichallmendesire, shouldnotconsistinanyoftheparticularthingswhichcanonlybepossessedbyoneman, andwhich, whenshared, afflicttheirpossessormorebythewantoftheparthehasnot, , withoutdiminutionandwithoutenvy, , sinceitisnecessarilyinall, andthatitisimpossiblenottohaveit, theyinferfromit...
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Truenaturebeinglost, everythingbecomesitsownnature; asthetruegoodbeinglost, everythingbecomesitsowntruegood.
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IfitisasignofweaknesstoproveGodbynature, donotdespiseScripture; ifitisasignofstrengthtohaveknownthesecontradictions, esteemScripture.
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Thevilenessofmaninsubmittinghimselftothebrutes, andinevenworshippingthem.
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, afterhavingexplainedtheincomprehensibility.—Thegreatnessandthewretchednessofmanaresoevidentthatthetruereligionmustnecessarilyteachusboththatthereisinmansomegreatsourceofgreatness, .
Inordertomakemanhappy, itmustprovetohimthatthereisaGod; thatweoughttoloveHim; thatourtruehappinessistobeinHim, andoursoleeviltobeseparatedfromHim; itmustrecognisethatwearefullofdarknesswhichhindersusfromknowingandlovingHim; andthatthus, asourdutiescompelustoloveGod, andourluststurnusawayfromHim, , , andseeiftherebeanyotherthantheChristianwhichissufficientforthispurpose.
