_Miracle._--It is an effect, which exceeds the natural power of the me… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

_Miracle._--It is an effect, which exceeds the natural power of the means which are employed for it; and what is not a miracle is an effect, which does not exceed the natural power of the means which are employed for it. Thus, those who heal by invocation of the devil do not work a miracle; for that does not exceed the natural power of the devil. But ...

Place: SECTION XIII · ¶2576
License: Public domain · Source
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