"How simple everything is. All those who are down want to climb up, those who are already there. They climb under various pretexts, the most common being lighting. But who will support them when they have all climbed? Good thing England has slaves in India, in the colonies. Reading Pascal I understood for the first time how l'homme dans l'etat de pêche * and la rédemption ** should be interpreted. The natural course of life, the transition from animal spontaneity to the demands of spiritual life, he (and all clerics) calls salvation, atonement received from Christ.
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How simple everything is. All those who are down want to climb up, those who are already there. They climb under various pretexts, the most common being lighting. But who will support them when they have all climbed? Good thing England has slaves in India, in the colonies. Reading Pascal I understood for the first time how l'homme dans l'etat de pêche * and la rédemption ** should be interpreted. The natural course of life, the transition from animal spontaneity to the demands of spiritual life, he (and all clerics) calls salvation, atonement received from Christ.
""Cât de simplu e totul. Toți cei care sunt jos vor să se cațere sus, pe cei care sunt deja acolo. Se cațără sub diverse pretexte, cel mai frecvent fiind iluminarea. Dar cine o să-i susțină când se vor fi cățărat cu toții? Bine că Anglia are sclavi în India, în colonii. Citindu-l pe Pascal am înțeles pentru prima dată cum trebuie interpretat l’homme dans l’etat de pêche * și la rédemption **. Mersul firesc al vieții, trecerea de la spontaneitatea animala la cerințele vieții spirituale, el (și toți clericii) îl numește mântuire, ispășire primită de la Hristos."