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"Unity added to infinity does not increase it at all, any more than a foot added to an infinite measurement: the finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite and becomes pure nothingness. So it is with our mind before God, with our justice before divine justice. There is not so great a disproportion between our justice and God's as between unity and infinity.

God's justice must be as vast as his mercy. Now his justice towards the damned is less vast and ought to be less startling to us than his mercy towards the elect."

Blaise Pascal's Pensées

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  1. Clara JohnsonJanuary 27, 2018 at 11:50 AM

    Hmm, wow. I had to think about that one for a while. Thank you for this, Andrea!

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    1. UnknownFebruary 1, 2018 at 8:39 PM

      It's my pleasure! I really enjoyed finding this gem. If you want to read the whole thing, it's from Pascal's wager.

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