Chapter C: Kegan Paul

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_LONDON_

_KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO._

_MDCCCLXXXV_

_CONTENTS._

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_PREFACE_ vii

_GENERAL INTRODUCTION_ 1
Pascal's Profession of Faith 2
General Introduction 3
Notes for the General Introduction 11

_THE MISERY OF MAN WITHOUT GOD_ 15
Preface to the First Part 17
Man's Disproportion 19
Diversion 33
The Greatness and Littleness of Man 43
Of the Deceptive Powers of the Imagination 51
Of Justice, Customs, and Prejudices 61
The Weakness, Unrest, and Defects of Man 73

_THE HAPPINESS OF MAN WITH GOD_ 89
Preface to the Second Part 91
Of the Need of Seeking Truth 95
The Philosophers 105
Thoughts on Mahomet and on China 115
Of the Jewish People 119
The Authenticity of the Sacred Books 125
The Prophecies 131
Of Types in General and of their Lawfulness 157
That the Jewish Law was Figurative 167
Of the True Religion and its Characteristics 179
The Excellence of the Christian Religion 183
Of Original Sin 191
The Perpetuity of the Christian Religion 197
Proofs of the Christian Religion 203
Proofs of the Divinity of Jesus Christ 213
The Mission and Greatness of Jesus Christ 225
The Mystery of Jesus 231
Of the True Righteous Man and of the True Christian 237
The Arrangement 253
Of Miracles in General 257
Jesuits and Jansenists 273
Thoughts on Style 301
Various Thoughts 307

_NOTES_ 317

_INDEX_ 339