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and instinct, 344, 395;
commands us imperiously, 345;
and the passions, 412, 413;
corruption of, 440
Reasoning, reduces itself to yielding to feeling, 274
Redemption,
the Red Sea an image of the, 642;
the completeness of the, 780
Religion,
its true nature and the necessity of studying it, 194;
sinfulness of indifference to it, 195;
whether certain, 234;
suited to all kinds of minds, 285;
true, 470, 494;
test of the falsity of a, 487;
two ways of proving its truths, 560;
the Christian, has something astonishing in it, 614;
the Christian, founded upon a preceding, 618;
reasons for preferring the Christian, 736;
three marks of, 843;
and natural reason, 902
Republic, the Christian, 482, 610
Rivers, moving roads, 17
Roannez, M. de, a saying of, 276
Rule, a, necessary to judge a work, 5
Sabbath, the, only a sign, 609
Sacrifices, of the Jews and Gentiles, 609
Salvation, happiness of those who hope for, 239
Scaramouch, 12
Scepticism, 373, 376, 378, 385, 392, 394;
truth of, 432;
chief arguments of, 434
Sciences, vanity of the, 67
Scripture,
and the number of stars, 266;
its order, 283;
has provided passages for all conditions of life, 531;
literal inspiration of, 567;
blindness of, 572;
and Mahomet, 597;
extravagant opinions founded on, 650;
how to understand, 683, 686;
against those who misuse passages of, 898
Self,
necessary to know, 66;
the little knowledge we have of, 175
Sensations, and molecules, 368
Senses,
perceptions of the, always true, 9;
perceive no extreme, 72;
mislead the reason, 83
Silence,
eternal, of infinite space, 206;
the greatest persecution, 919
Sin, original, 445, 446, 447
Sneezing, absorbs all the functions of the soul, 160
Soul,
immortality of the, 194, 219, 220;
immaterial, 349
Spongia solis, 91
Stoics, the, 350, 360, 465
Struggle, the, alone pleases us, 135
Style, charm of a natural, 29
Swiss, the, 305
Symmetry, 28
Synagogue, the, a type, 645, 851
Talent, chief, 118
Temple, reprobation of the, 712
Testaments,
proof of the two, at once, 641;
proof that the Old is figurative, 658;
the Old and the New, 665
Theology, a science, 115
Theresa, St., 499, 867, 916
Thought,
one, alone occupies us, 145;
constitutes man's greatness, 346;
and dignity, 365;
sometimes escapes us, 370, 372
Time, effects of, 122, 123
Truth,
nothing shows man the, 83;
different degrees in man's aversion to, 100;
the pretext that it is disputed, 261;
known by the heart, 282;
we desire, 437;
here is not the country of, 842;
obscure in these times, 863
Types, 570, 642, 643, 644, 645, 656, 657, 658, 669, 674, 678, 686;
the law typical, 646, 684;
some, clear and demonstrative, 649;
particular, 651, 652, 653;
are like portraits, 676, 677;
the sacrifices are, 679, 684
Tyranny, 332
Understanding, different kinds of, 2
Universe,
the relation of man to the, 72;
his superiority to it, 347
Vanity,
is anchored in man's heart, 150;
effects of, 151, 153;
curiosity only, 152;
little known, 161;
love and, 162, 163;
only youths do not see the world's, 164
Variety, 114, 115
Vices, some, only lay hold on us through others, 102
Virtues,
division of, 20;
measure of, 352;
excess of, 353, 357;
only the balancing of opposed vices, 359;
the true, 485
Weariness,
in leaving favourite pursuits, 128;
nothing so insufferable to man as, 131
Will,
natural for the, to love, 81;
one of the chief factors in belief, 99;
self-, will never be satisfied, 472;
is depraved, 477;
God prefers to incline the, rather than the intellect, 580
Words,
and meanings, 23, 50;
repeated in a discourse, 48;
superfluous, 49, 59
Works,
necessity to do good, 497;
external, 499
World,
the, a good judge of things, 327;
all the, under a delusion, 335;
all the, not astonished at its own weakness, 314;
all good maxims are in the, 380;
the, exists for the exercise of mercy and judgment, 583
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