What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: it must be "contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure.


The True Believer (ed. 1980)


What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: it must be contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure.

What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: it must be contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure.

What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: it must be contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure.

What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: it must be contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure.