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Homer
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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
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― The Iliad
― The Iliad
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What Pascal overlooked was the hair-raising possibility that God might out-Luther Luther. A special area in hell might be reserved for those who go to mass. Or God might punish those whose faith is prompted by prudence. Perhaps God prefers the abstinent to those who whore around with some denomination he despises. Perhaps he reserves special rewards for those who deny themselves the comfort of belief. Perhaps the intellectual ascetic will win all while those who compromised their intellectual in
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― Critique of Religion and Philosophy
― Critique of Religion and Philosophy
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